Pedophile Swimming Coach Dies After Conviction

Disgraced Australian Olympic swimming coach Dick Caine has died just weeks after being found guilty of raping and sexually abusing underage students.

Caine was previously charged with 39 offenses committed against teenage girls in the 1970s and 1980s.

During his conviction hearing in August District, Judge Paul McGuire stated, “Caine took an interest in pre-pubescent and pubescent girls.”

The youngest of Caine’s victims was just ten years old.

Caine reportedly died of terminal lung and throat cancer.

Disgraced swimming coach Dick Caine has died, weeks after being outed as a paedophile who preyed on his young athletes. @TiffGenders #9News pic.twitter.com/IwzgJvIZWW

— 9News Sydney (@9NewsSyd) September 25, 2024

Convicted pedophile Dick Caine, the former Sydney swimming coach found to have raped six students under his care, has died in hospital following a terminal cancer diagnosis: https://t.co/mEOucvOzgY pic.twitter.com/LAUB9qjlwT

— The Australian (@australian) September 25, 2024

Per BBC:

Australian Olympic swimming coach Dick Caine has died, weeks after he was found guilty of raping and sexually abusing six female students.
Caine, who had been in palliative care for terminal cancer, died on Wednesday morning, the BBC understands. He was 78.

Caine was charged with 39 offences committed against the teenage girls in the 1970s and 1980s. The assaults took place at a swimming pool in Sydney, in his home and in his car.

The six victims were due to deliver their victim impact statements at a special hearing in December, but this is unlikely to go ahead due to Caine’s death.

Caine took an interest in pre-pubescent and pubescent girls, District Judge Paul McGuire said during his conviction hearing in August. One of his victims was only 10 years old at the time.

The judge noted the power imbalance between Caine and the young girls due to his authority and their age differences, adding that the girls relied on Caine to help them achieve their swimming aspirations.

Caine, who was arrested in 2022, did not appear for a single day of his hearing because he was deemed unfit to do so. A court previously heard he had terminal lung and throat cancer.

#BREAKING Pedophile swim coach ‘Dick’ Caine, 71, had died just weeks after after being told his ill health would see him be spared jail for rapes and sexual assaults in the 1970s and 1980s. pic.twitter.com/GHwOCMMHQN

— The Daily Telegraph (@dailytelegraph) September 25, 2024

Per 9 News:

Convicted paedophile and disgraced swimming coach Dick Caine has died in hospital, Nine News has confirmed.

The 78-year-old was in palliative care with terminal cancer.

It comes one month after the former swimming coach was found guilty of 39 acts of raping and sexually abusing six of his teenage students in the 1970s and 1980s.