Overview
- A local safeguarding board deemed Jamie Michael unsuitable to work with children after recording a child protection concern as substantiated despite his jury acquittal.
- The Football Association of Wales barred him from coaching following a private meeting with a council safeguarding officer and South Wales Police.
- Michael says the panel did not review his video or consider the court outcome and that the evidence before it contained factual errors.
- He says he may attend his daughter's training as a spectator but will be subject to monitoring of his behavior by the board.
- The Free Speech Union is supporting his legal challenge seeking £25,000 in damages, and the safeguarding board has declined to comment while litigation proceeds.