A former sports coach at a school in Horsham has been convicted of a child sex offence.
Ajaz Karim worked at Christ’s Hospital School between 1983 and 1993 and was on Friday (29 November) found guilty of one count of indecent assault on a girl under the age of 14.
Police received the report in November 2022 that Karim, 70, of Broadlove Lane, Greater London, abused a girl, who is now aged in her 40s, when she was 12 and 13.
Karim was asked to attend a voluntary interview and following a complex investigation, he was charged in December 2023.
Following a four-day trial, which began on 25 November at Lewes Crown Court, Karim was found guilty by the jury on one count of indecent assault on a girl.
The jury were unable to reach a verdict on the second count of indecent assault of a girl.
He is due to be sentenced on 13 December.
The School have released a statement of which can be found HERE
Remedy Law have successfully settled claims relating to Christ’s Hospital School on behalf of a number of survivors of abuse.
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