Merseyside police detective sacked for misconduct after paying boy, 17, for sex

DC John Rigby, who is awaiting sentence after pleading guilty to charges, told he brought policing ‘into disrepute’

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.