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Mark Brown North of England correspondent

UNBELIEVABLE: Merseyside police detective sacked for misconduct after paying boy 17 for sex | History Defined

Police Merseyside

Merseyside police new headquarters building — Rigby also pleaded guilty to a charge of unauthorised access to Merseyside police’s computer system. Photograph: Radharc Images/Alamy

A Merseyside police detective who paid a 17-year-old boy for sex has been sacked and told he acted in a way “that brings policing nationally into disrepute”.

DC John Rigby has pleaded guilty to criminal charges and is on remand in prison awaiting sentence.

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