A British Gymnastics licensed coach is being investigated by police in the "latest development in the duty of care scandal engulfing Olympic sport," according to Martha Kelner of the London GUARDIAN. The coach is reportedly part of an investigation by the Metropolitan police, "who are assessing whether they have enough evidence to bring criminal charges." It is not known "whether her coaching license has been suspended" by British Gymnastics while the investigation continues "but she is no longer believed to work at the club where the alleged incidents took place." Whistleblowers have claimed that British Gymnastics "could have intervened" in '12 when concerns were first raised about the methods employed by the coach being investigated, "although some of the incidents being looked at by police took place after that time." An email sent by a group of parents anonymously to a former official at British Gymnastics about the same coach in April '12 reads, "There have been numerous accounts of physical abuse with ongoing emotional abuse. As parents we have given her chance after chance to change." It "is believed an investigation was launched by British Gymnastics after the receipt of that email," but the coach was allowed to continue while the inquiry was taking place (GUARDIAN, 7/12).
