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.
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