An ex-detective who sold sexual services to strangers has been found guilty of gross misconduct after a disciplinary panel said his actions were “akin to a criminal offence”. Former Detective Constable Nicholas Taylor and his partner advertised online to meet men for sex at their home in return for payment, a West Midlands Police misconduct hearing was told.
The officer’s off-duty activities were exposed in November 2020 by The Sun, which reported that he was offering threesomes at an hourly rate of £150 via an adult website. At the time Dc Taylor, who worked in CID at Bloxwich, Walsall, told the newspaper his clients at his property in Shropshire had ranged in age from 21 to 70.
Opening the facts on behalf of West Midlands Police on Wednesday, the force’s barrister John Goss said the matter had not been investigated as “keeping or assisting in the management of a brothel”. He said it had been decided it would not have been proportionate.
