By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 07:34 EST, 3 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:07 EST, 3 April 2013 . Probe: A driver is to be charged with five sex offences as part of the investigation triggered by allegations of abuse against Jimmy Savile (pictured) A driver was today charged with five sex offences as part of the investigation triggered by allegations of abuse against Jimmy Savile. David Smith, of Lewisham, south-east London, is accused of two counts of indecent assault, two of gross indecency and one of sexual assault in 1984, the Crown Prosecution Service said. The 66-year-old is the first person to be charged under Operation Yewtree, the national investigation prompted after claims were made against disgraced TV presenter Savile. Alison Saunders, chief crown prosecutor for CPS London, said: ‘The CPS has carefully considered the evidence gathered as part of Operation Yewtree in relation to David Smith, who was employed as a driver at the time of the allegations. ‘The CPS received a file of evidence on December 21 2012. Further enquiries were necessary and the result of those enquiries was received by the CPS on March 18. ‘We have concluded, in accordance with the Code for Crown Prosecutors, that there is sufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction, and that it is in the public interest for David Smith to be charged with five offences.’ The charges are two counts of indecent assault on a boy under 14 between June 1 and July 21 1984; two counts of gross indecency with a boy under 14 between the same dates and sexual assault of a boy under 16 between July 1 and 21 1984. Smith, who was arrested last December, will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on May 8. Scotland Yard confirmed that the counts relate to one victim. The force led Operation Yewtree, . and separated its inquiries into those involving 'Savile', those involving 'Savile . and others', and those involving 'others'. Smith was probed in the ’others’ strand. BBC News reported that Smith had worked as a driver for the broadcaster and possibly other employers. But a BBC press office spokesman said she was unable to confirm whether he had been employed by the organisation, as the Corporation's records do not go back as far as 1984. Sorry we are unable to accept comments for legal reasons.
David Smith accused of indecent assault, gross indecency and assault .
First person to be charged under national probe Operation Yewtree .
Charges against driver Smith relate to incidents in June and July 1984 .
By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 07:34 EST, 3 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:07 EST, 3 April 2013 . Probe: A driver is to be charged with five sex offences as part of the investigation triggered by allegations of abuse against Jimmy Savile (pictured) A driver was today charged with five sex offences as part of the investigation triggered by allegations of abuse against Jimmy Savile. David Smith, of Lewisham, south-east London, is accused of two counts of indecent assault, two of gross indecency and one of sexual assault in 1984, the Crown Prosecution Service said. The 66-year-old is the first person to be charged under Operation Yewtree, the national investigation prompted after claims were made against disgraced TV presenter Savile. Alison Saunders, chief crown prosecutor for CPS London, said: ‘The CPS has carefully considered the evidence gathered as part of Operation Yewtree in relation to David Smith, who was employed as a driver at the time of the allegations. ‘The CPS received a file of evidence on December 21 2012. Further enquiries were necessary and the result of those enquiries was received by the CPS on March 18. ‘We have concluded, in accordance with the Code for Crown Prosecutors, that there is sufficient evidence for a realistic prospect of conviction, and that it is in the public interest for David Smith to be charged with five offences.’ The charges are two counts of indecent assault on a boy under 14 between June 1 and July 21 1984; two counts of gross indecency with a boy under 14 between the same dates and sexual assault of a boy under 16 between July 1 and 21 1984. Smith, who was arrested last December, will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on May 8. Scotland Yard confirmed that the counts relate to one victim. The force led Operation Yewtree, . and separated its inquiries into those involving 'Savile', those involving 'Savile . and others', and those involving 'others'. Smith was probed in the ’others’ strand. BBC News reported that Smith had worked as a driver for the broadcaster and possibly other employers. But a BBC press office spokesman said she was unable to confirm whether he had been employed by the organisation, as the Corporation's records do not go back as far as 1984. Sorry we are unable to accept comments for legal reasons.
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