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29/10/2013
Child Abuse Accused BBC Driver Found Dead
Former BBC driver, David Smith, was found dead on the day he was due to stand trial for sex offences.
Smith (67), of Lewisham, south-east London, failed to appear for the opening of his trial at Southwark Crown Court over the alleged abuse of a 12-year-old boy in 1984.
He was charged with two counts of indecent assault, two of indecency and one of a serious sexual offence.
A warrant for his arrest was issued on Monday when he failed to appear for court.
Officers were sent to his home after attempts to contact him failed.
According to reports, officers found a body at his Lewisham home and a forensic examiner pronounced death at approximately 14:20.
Smith had been charged part of Operation Yewtree and was the first to be charged under the investigation into historical cases of abuse set up following the Jimmy Savile revelations.
(MH/CD)
Smith (67), of Lewisham, south-east London, failed to appear for the opening of his trial at Southwark Crown Court over the alleged abuse of a 12-year-old boy in 1984.
He was charged with two counts of indecent assault, two of indecency and one of a serious sexual offence.
A warrant for his arrest was issued on Monday when he failed to appear for court.
Officers were sent to his home after attempts to contact him failed.
According to reports, officers found a body at his Lewisham home and a forensic examiner pronounced death at approximately 14:20.
Smith had been charged part of Operation Yewtree and was the first to be charged under the investigation into historical cases of abuse set up following the Jimmy Savile revelations.
(MH/CD)
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