Barry Bennell set to give evidence at High Court trial later this month

Barry Bennell appearing via videolink at Liverpool Crown Court during an earlier case (Elizabeth Cook/PA)

Paedophile former football coach Barry Bennell is expected to give evidence to a High Court trial in the UK on behalf of Manchester City later this month, lawyers say.

City have been sued by eight men who say Bennell abused them more than 30 years ago when they were playing youth football in the north-west of England.