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Sam McKeith

Ex-cop loses bid to end historical child sex abuse case

Former cop John Macrae has failed to end his prosecution over historical child sexual abuse. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

A former police officer accused of historical child-sexual crimes has lost a bid to permanently halt the case against him due to his mental decline.

John Damian Terence Macrae, a senior constable at Waverley police station until 1983, is accused of sexually abusing two girls in the mid-1970s and molesting a third child victim in the mid-1990s.

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