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Ex-AFL player Barry Cable pleads not guilty to child sexual abuse charges after arrest
- Barry Cable, 80, has fronted Perth Magistrates Court for the first time since being charged with sexually assaulting a young girl.
- He has pleaded not guilty to seven charges, with the offences alleged to have occurred between 1967 and 1968.
- Cable is on bail and is due to appear in court again in August.
Barry Cable, 80, appeared in a Perth court this morning to face five counts of indecently dealing with a girl under 13, and two counts of unlawful carnal knowledge of a girl under 13. Police allege Cable sexually assaulted the complainant between January 1, 1967 and April 27, 1968, when she was between nine and 10 years old. He pleaded not guilty to all seven charges.
It is the first time Cable has appeared in public since a District Court judge's finding, in a civil case, that he repeatedly sexually abused a young girl in the 1960s and 70s when he was at the height of his playing career. The judge found that the abuse started when the girl was 12.
The woman was awarded more than $800,000 for what Judge Mark Herron found was the "catastrophic" damage she suffered. Despite the ruling, the woman's lawyers said it was unlikely she would receive any money because the court was told before trial Cable had been declared bankrupt.
It is understood the complainant in the criminal charges Cable is now facing is not the complainant in the civil case, or any of the four other women who testified at the civil case.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-30/barry-cable-pleads-not-guilty-to-child-abuse-afl/103909708
From earlier:
https://www.news.com.au/sport/disgr...s/news-story/3e8f4a1ad85a921453e413ff013ff992
'Disgraced AFL legend Barry Cable charged with child sex offences'
'May 24, 2024 - 7:04PM...
Disgraced AFL legend Barry Cable has been charged with historical sex offences against a nine-year-old girl.
It comes almost one year after a judge in a civil case ruled Cable was a pedophile.
WA Police revealed on Friday that Cable, 80, had been charged with offences related to a young girl, but according to The West Australian, she is not one of the five women who shared their experiences with the WA District Court.
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Police will allege that between 1967 and 1968, Cable sexually assaulted a girl who was between nine and 10 years old at the time.
He has been charged with five counts of indecent dealing with a girl under 13 and two counts of unlawful carnal knowledge of a girl under 13.
Cable, from Shelley, is due to appear in Perth Magistrates Court on May 30.
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