Footballer Jesse Lingard's grandfather has died while awaiting a retrial for a number of alleged child sex offences. Kenneth Lingard, who was aged 87, was accused of sexually abusing a girl from the age of five as he stood trial at Liverpool Crown Court in 2025. While he was cleared of two counts of indecent assault by the jury, verdicts couldn't be reached on the remaining 15 counts, it can now be reported. Benjamin Aina KC, prosecuting, told a hearing on Monday, June 15: "On June 10 this year,