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The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times
National
Blake Foden

Former cricket pro gets more jail time after luring boy for 'tragic' sex abuse

Serial child sex predator Ian King. Picture supplied

A former professional cricketer remains eligible for parole despite having his jail sentence extended by nearly two years over the "tragic" sexual abuse of a boy he lured to his Lyons home and indecently assaulted.

Ian Harold King, 79, faced the ACT Supreme Court on Thursday via audio-visual link from the Alexander Maconochie Centre, where he was already serving a prison sentence of a little more than 22 years.

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