Former Cambridgeshire football coach pleads not guilty in abuse case
![Eric Cooper arrives at court,
Crown Court, Cambridge
31/05/2017.
Picture by Terry Harris. THA](https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/webimg/legacy_oak_94906319.jpg?crop=3:2,smart&width=640&quality=65&enable=upscale)
![Eric Cooper arrives at court,
Crown Court, Cambridge
31/05/2017.
Picture by Terry Harris. THA](/img/placeholder.png)
Eric Cooper appeared before Cambridge Crown Court charged with indecently assaulting one boy under the age of 14 on two separate occasions between December 31 1967 and January 1 1970.
The court heard Cooper had been involved with non-league football in Cambridgeshire and the charges relate to his time as a coach.
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Hide AdCooper, of The Shade, Soham, Cambridgeshire, spoke only to confirm his personal details and to deny two counts of indecent assault of a boy aged under 14 in a 20-minute hearing on Wednesday.
The defendant, who has thinning grey hair and wore a pale blue shirt, striped tie and dark-coloured blazer, was bailed to appear at Cambridge Crown Court for trial on December 11 this year.
The trial is estimated to take five to six days.