Child sex charges mount against Olympic swim coach Dick Caine

Olympic swim coach Dick Caine had his court case adjourned to February earlier this month, but not before prosecutors served some important paperwork on his legal team.

The list of historic child abuse allegations against elite swim coach Dick Caine is steadily growing, with police now laying a fourth set of charges against the swimming great.

Caine was arrested at his Condell Park home in June this year and charged with nine historic sexual and indecent assault offences following a police investigation into allegations he had abused two young female swim school students in the 1970s.

Caine, who is one of Australia’s most successful swim coaches with a career spanning more than 40 years that includes multiple Olympic and world champions, spent a night behind bars before he was released on conditional bail in Bankstown Local Court.

Caine’s wife, Jennifer, told the court her husband had lung and throat cancer, was in palliative care as an outpatient and had “maybe six months” to live.

“He has strokes, he has cancer of the lung, cancer of the throat. He has seizures, he has heart problems, he has a pacemaker,” she explained at the time.

Former swim coach Dick Caine, flanked by his lawyer Sophie Newham and wife Jenny, is now facing 40 child sex charges after police laid additional charges against him last week. Picture: Liam Mendes / The Australian

Caine was allowed to return home on a $10,000 surety, however just two months later, police laid a further 12 charges against Caine after four more ex-students levelled assault allegations against him, including one who claimed she was twice raped by Caine when she was just 10 years old.

Meanwhile, police laid another six charges against Caine in September when a seventh woman claimed to have been molested by him in 1980 at the age of 12 while a student at his swim school at Carss Park.

Swim coach Dick Caine at his aquatic and fitness centre, Carrs Park, in Sydney.

Now, The Daily Telegraph can reveal Caine has been charged with a further 13 offences, which were served on his legal team last week, bringing the total number of charges to 40.

The total number of alleged victims remains at seven, with the fresh charges, which include two counts of child rape, relating to allegations of further offending against three of the women who have already come forward. Those women are identified in court documents as “SL”, “Victim 4” and “Victim 7”.

None of the alleged victims can be identified for legal reasons.

Caine’s lawyer, Brian Wrench, told the media when he was first arrested that he would ask police to discontinue the case against his client.

“Today, NSW Police charged an innocent man, a terminally ill man, for an offence that occurred 46 years ago,” Mr Wrench said in June.

“He is going to fight to his dying last breath to clear his name, it’s a terrible situation.”

The case will return to court in February for further mention.