
UK Athletics coach Leon Baptiste is in a Moroccan prison for assaulting a minor
Leon Baptiste, 41, a consultant sprint coach for UK Athletics and 2010 Commonwealth 200m champion, is serving an eight-month sentence at Al-Oudaya prison, Morocco, for sexually assaulting a minor. He was arrested in Marrakech in May. His athletes received a resignation email citing ill health. The conviction, confirmed by Moroccan prosecutors, stayed hidden for months.
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