Twisted paedophile Bob Higgins groomed young football players into thinking he was 'the Messiah'. The former Southampton and Peterborough United youth coach used a deeply disturbing pattern of psychological manipulation and sexual grooming that has been likened to a 'cult'.
Higgins abused boys in his car, at his home and even in plain sight during training - once being caught on camera by local TV crews touching them as they landed from jumping exercises.
The sick football coach had trained high profile stars such as Alan Shearer, who was not a complainant, and Saints legend Matt Le Tissier, who said he was not abused but was given a "very, very wrong massage".
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