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Ex-footballer Barry Cable faces child sex abuse charges

Barry Cable has been charged with sexually assaulting a young girl in the 1960s. (Joe Castro/AAP PHOTOS)

Disgraced Australian Rules footballer Barry Cable has been charged with historic sex crimes against a young girl.

Western Australian police allege Cable sexually assaulted a girl aged between nine and 10 during 1967 and 1968.

The 80-year-old has been charged with five counts of indecent dealing with a girl aged under 13 and two counts of unlawful carnal knowledge of a girl under 13.

Cable is scheduled to appear in the Perth Magistrates Court on Thursday.

1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732)

National Sexual Abuse and Redress Support Service 1800 211 028

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