Former Aussie rules football legend Barry Cable has been found not guilty of historical child sexual abuse charges.
Cable denied the allegations against him and will walk free from the Perth District Court on Monday after being cleared of indecently assaulting an eight-year-old girl.
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Judge Michael Bowden ruled that Mr Cable was not guilty on all counts.
The 82-year-old football great was accused of repeatedly abusing a young girl at his Perth home in the 1960s, but denied the allegations.
He was found not guilty of five counts of indecently dealing with a girl aged under 13 and two counts of unlawful carnal knowledge of a girl under 13.
Cable faced a week-long judge alone trial in the Perth District Court last month where a woman, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, accused Mr Cable of abusing her as a child while his wife slept in another room.
Cable was regarded as one of the greatest players of his era and was regarded as a footy legend in Victoria and Western Australia.
He played in the West Australian Football League with Perth, then North Melbourne where he was a dominant player in one of the club’s most successful eras.
He won two premierships with the Kangaroos in 1975 and 1977 and was the club’s best-and-fairest player in 1970.
He was also named in North Melbourne’s Team of the Century.
Cable was inducted into the Australian football Hall of Fame in 1996 and elevated to legend status in 2012.
In WA, he won the WAFL’s Sandover Medal three times and played in four premierships.
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