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Clubs have been left reeling after it emerged a player and manager had continued in the game for four years while under investigation for leaving a two-year-old child with life-changing brain injuries.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
25 August 2024

CHARGED PLAYER/BOSS PASSED CHECKS
By Andy Mitchell

SICKENING: Kiernan Hughes-Mason left a twoyear-old with ‘life-changing injuries’
PICTURE: Alamy

CLUBS have been left reeling after it emerged a player and manager had continued in the game for four years while under investigation for leaving a two-year-old child with life-changing brain injuries.
On Wednesday, Kiernan Hughes-Mason, 32, of Westcliffon-Sea, Essex, was found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm with intent and child cruelty to his then-stepdaughter.
During the three-week trial, Basildon Crown Court heard how her injurie...

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