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Prisoner: Cell Block H star faces historic child sex charges

Australian actress Maggie Kirkpatrick, who starred in the TV series Prisoner: Cell Block H, has denied historical child sex allegations. The 74-year-old has been charged with indecently assaulting a 13-year-old girl in the 1980s. She is due to appear in court in Melbourne, Victoria, on 19 August. Kirkpatrick, from New South Wales, came to prominence in the 1980s television show, known as Prisoner in Australia, in which she played a warden nicknamed The Freak.

Allegations have been levelled at me, yes. Are they true? Absolutely not.

Actress Maggie Kirkpatrick

Police sources also told the Herald Sun that the complainant was not involved in the entertainment industry. Kirkpatrick has also starred in Home And Away, Water Rats and All Saints. Prisoner, set in the fictional Wentworth Detention Centre, ran for 692 episodes from February 1979 to December 1986.

I need to go to court to have this ridiculous situation quashed.

Maggie Kirkpatrick