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Jordan Shepherd & Lynn Love

Scots police have 'lost' records relating to historic sex abuse in football

Hundreds of reports of sex abuse in Scottish football may have been 'lost' as Police Scotland admit over 30 years worth of data is missing.

The cops revealed "very little" information exists of reports made to Strathclyde Police between 1966 and 1997 in response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request.

It has raised fears hundreds of reports of historic child sex abuse in Scottish football could have been lost by the police, meaning abusers escaped justice, according to the Scottish Daily Express.

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