It was gathered from London that a former driver to one of the prominent UK-based media outfit, accused of sex offences has been found dead.

CEOAFRICA.com discovered through sources that David Smith, 67, from Lewisham, South-East London, was due for trial at Southwark Crown Court for allegedly abusing a 12-year old boy in 1984.

Smith was charged with two counts of indecent assault, two of indecency and one of a serious sexual offence as part of Operation Yewtree. The cause of his death is not yet known.

Our sources further revealed that Smith was the first person to be charged under the investigation into historical cases of abuse, which was originally set up in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal.

It was alleged Smith met his victim at a swimming pool and invited him back to his flat, where he sexually abused him.