A MAN from Heybridge has been convicted of three charges of child sex abuse.

Raymond Wild, 62, of Heybridge, was found guilty of three charges of indecent assault against a child on Saturday.

Wild had denied seven counts of indecent assault of a child and inciting a child to touch him and perform a sex act on him.

Has was convicted by a jury after a week-long trial at Teesside Crown Court in North East England.

Wild had previously served as a police officer for four years in Hartlepool, just north of Teesside.

He will be sentenced on February 12.