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Former Wildcat Tiny Pinder faces sex charge

Former Wildcat Tiny Pinder, on sex charge

Former Perth Wildcats star Kendal "Tiny" Pinder is facing a sex assault allegation dating back to 1987.

Mr Pinder was charged by Kensington detectives last week over an attack on an 18-year-old woman in January 1987.

Police will allege the victim was visiting the accused, then aged 30, at a residence in Melville when she was sexually assaulted.

The 59-year-old returned to WA in December 2013 after nearly two decades in Sydney.

Mr Pinder was a star member of the Wildcats championship-winning teams in 1990 and 1991 after joining the club in 1987.

The former Harlem Globetrotter was dumped by the Wildcats in 1992.

He was named in the club's 30th anniversary all-star team in 2013.

He is expected to appear via video-link in the Fremantle Magistrate's Court on June 30.