Former England footballer Ashley Cole has said the “terror and confusion” on his children’s faces when a gang of men smashed their way into his home, tied him up and threatened to cut off his fingers “will never leave me”.
Ex-Arsenal, Chelsea and Derby defender Cole’s personal statement was read out at Nottingham Crown Court as a judge prepared to jail one of the men involved in the raid in January 2020, during which the player thought he was going to die.
