Sydney news: ‘Legendary’ swimming coach charged sexually assaulting teen girls has months to live

The wife of legendary Australian Olympic swim coach Dick Caine says he has ‘six months’ to live after being charged with allegedly sexually abusing teenage girls he trained more than 40 years ago.

Caine, 76, was arrested at his home home in Condell Park, in Sydney’s south-west, just after 7am on Wednesday morning.

He was taken to Bankstown Police Station, where he was charged with six counts of carnal knowledge teacher of girl aged 10-17 years and three counts of assault female and commit act of indecency – between 14 and 16.

Police allege Caine indecently and sexually assaulted two girls aged 15 and 16 on numerous occasions in the 1970s while he was their swim coach.

Caine’s wife Jennifer told Bankstown Local Court on Wednesday her husband was dying of cancer and has ‘maybe six months’…