the parents, being very trusting, and totally taken in by bennell, consented to the stay over.ately. ian was not the only child to stay over. in some occasions, there would be a number of boys there. some sleeping in the same bed as bennell, and staying overnight at bennell‘s place soon became the normal. he said he had wrongly assumed that such sexual abuse could not occur today. more needs to be done with regards to summer sports courses. as things stand, there will be nothing stopping me or anyone else from hiring a field and setting up my own summer football skills course for kids. with some clever marketing, i could be up and running with some cones, bibs and footballs. i think more checks need to be carried out in these casual arrangements, too. and he suggested widening the legal definition of ‘a position of trust'. as the law stands currently, children are protected from being groomed into sexual relationships by trusted adults with power and influence over them. this applies to teachers and social workers and doctors, but is not applied to sports coaches or youth leade