- A court has been given more time to hear the case against Barry Cable
- AFL legend accused of historic sexual abuse when he was 24
- A judge in a civil case ruled that he was a pedophile
A court has granted more time to consider charges against embattled AFL legend Barry Cable over allegations of sexual abuse dating back more than five decades.
Cable has been charged with seven crimes involving a girl who was between nine and 10 years old at the time of the alleged offense.
Police charged Cable in May and a few days later he pleaded not guilty to the offences in Perth District Court.
The charges were filed nearly a year after a judge ruled in a civil case that Cable was a pedophile.
On Thursday his case was brought before a judge in Perth again, but he was not required to appear and was instead represented by his lawyer.
The prosecutor told the court that the case manager needed more time to process Cable’s charges.
Police suspect that Cable sexually abused a girl who was between nine and ten years old at the time between 1967 and 1968.
He has been charged with five counts of indecent assault on a girl under 13 and two counts of unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under 13.
A court has been given more time to hear the case against AFL legend Barry Cable (pictured right, wearing sunglasses and a red tie)
The disgraced football legend was declared a pedophile by a civil court last year
The allegations against Cable date back to when he was a 24-year-old footballer
The former AFL Hall of Famer would have been 24 years old at the time of the alleged violations.
That was at the height of his football career, which saw him win the WAFL championships in 1967 and 1968.
Cable has been stripped of his AFL Legend and Hall of Fame status.
North Melbourne also removed him from their Hall of Fame, as did the Sport Australia Hall of Fame.
The WA Institute of Sport Hall of Champions and the WA Football Commission Hall of Fame also dropped him.