Leading lawyer calls on sport to introduce independent safeguarding regulator

11/22/2024 07:33 AM

One of the United Kingdom's most experienced prosecutors has called on sport to introduce an independent safeguarding regulator in the wake of several high-profile allegations of abuse. Nazir Afzal, who served as Chief Crown Prosecutor for North West England between 2011 and 2015, said "the statistics in sport are as heartbreaking as you can possibly imagine", and called for governing bodies to self-fund a mechanism through which victims can report their experiences. In November, a Premier League footballer accused of rape was further questioned by police, while the English Football...