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Footballer Derek Bell: ‘I tried to kill my abuser’

Former footballer Derek Bell has told ѿý 5 live that he went to his abuser’s house with a twelve-inch knife, wanting to kill him.

The former Newcastle United player was abused hundreds of times by his coach in the 1970s, George Ormond, while playing for the Montagu and North Fenham boys football club.

Twenty years later, he saw George Ormond again, which he said “just blew his head”, and decided he wanted to kill him.

“I went home, and talked about it. And I was going to kill the guy. I thought, ‘No, I can't live any more, everywhere I seem to go he's there’.“

"I went to his house with a twelve-inch knife hidden in my pocket, and I kicked his door in. Luckily for him, that evening he wasn’t in.”

He then met Ormond again, secretly recorded him – and worked with police to bring him to justice.

This clip is originally from 5 live Daily on Wednesday 30 November 2016.

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