Ex-Southampton FC Youth Coach Faces Court Charged With Child Sex Offences

Ex-Southampton FC Youth Coach Faces Court Charged With Child Sex Offences
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A former Southampton FC youth coach is to appear in court to face a series of charges of sexual offences following a police probe into child abuse in the football community.

Robert Higgins, 64, faces 65 counts of indecent assault committed against 23 alleged victims in the 1980s and 1990s.

The ex-Saints youth coach, known as Bob, of Litchfield Road, Southampton, will appear at Southampton Magistrates' Court.