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Barry Cable trial hears of 'striking similarities' in five women's allegations of sexual abuse against former footballer

Barry Cable, pictured in 1995, did not testify during the sexual assault civil trial.  (ABC News )

A judge has reserved his decision on whether a Perth woman, who alleges she was sexually abused for years by "sporting icon" Barry Cable, is entitled to be compensated for the "catastrophic" harm she claims he caused her.

The woman, who cannot be identified, is suing Mr Cable for around $1 million in damages over allegations he repeatedly abused her over about five years when she was a teenager in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

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