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High-profile Collingwood fan Jeffrey Corfe will dispute allegations he sexually abused a child more than 16 years ago.
Mr Corfe, 61, who is known as “Joffa” after a long-term former association with the Magpies AFL club, appeared before Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Friday charged with two counts of sexual penetration of a child under 16.
Jeffrey Corfe, 61, appeared before the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Friday.
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Charge sheets allege Mr Corfe abused the child in Coburg on January 29, 2005.
But defence lawyer Louis Dean told magistrate Johanna Metcalf that his client disputed it was he who committed the alleged offences.
“It’s in issue, your honour, that Mr Corfe is the offender as described by the complainant,” Mr Dean said.
AFL club reacts as top fan bailed on child sex abuse charges Collingwood has responded as super fan Jeffrey ‘Joffa’ Corfe has been granted bail as he faces charges over the alleged sexual assault of a Melbourne teen.
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Subscriber only Collingwood has reacted as its cheer squad icon Jeffrey Joffa Corfe faces child sex charges over the alleged sexual assault of a Melbourne teen more than a decade ago. Collingwood condemns without qualification inappropriate conduct of any kind but cannot, and will not, comment on matters before the courts, the football club said in a statement.
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