Seventy-five-year-old due to stand trial accused of sexual abuse of 11 boys over 30 years
A youth football coach and scout credited with helping launch the careers of several professional players has died in a car crash on the first day of his trial for sexual offences against 11 boys.
Kit Carson, 75, had been due to stand trial at Peterborough crown court in Cambridgeshire on 12 counts of indecent assault and one of causing or inciting a child to engage in sexual activity. The offences were alleged to have happened between 1978, when Carson was 35, and 2009.
Written by Steven Morris
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/jan/08/ex-football-coach-michael-kit-carson-accused-of-abuse-dies-in-road-traffic-accident under the title “Kit Carson, ex-football coach accused of abuse, dies in traffic collision”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.