A former tennis coach has been arrested near his Carrington home over historical child sex abuse allegations.
The 69-year-old is accused of sexually assaulting a 7-year-old boy several times when they lived next door to each other in Port Macquarie back in 1976.
He's been charged with two counts of buggery and has been granted conditional bail to face Port Macquarie Local Court on Wednesday September 7.
The arrest has prompted police to encourage anyone who has been the victim of any kind of sexual violence, no matter how long ago the incident occurred, to contact police.
