A married cop has been sacked after TWICE having sex with a man while on duty.
Father-of-two PC Anthony Taylor, 30, was in full uniform as he met the man at a city centre flat when he was meant to be on patrol.
He met the man via a gay social media site.
On the first occasion he went to the man's flat after driving out of his division, where he was a member.
The second time, he picked up the man from the five-star Hotel in Salford in a marked police car before driving to his flat.
It is understood that on both occasions Taylor disabled his police radio so he could not be contacted.
On both occasions he was at the man's flat for about two hours.
Taylor had admitted to the man that he should have been on duty but used the false name of 'George Smith' when meeting and texting him.
A spokesman confirmed that Taylor had been dismissed after being found guilty of gross misconduct.
He was dismissed on February 10 following a 90 minute Special Case Hearing held, Taylor had ten years service in the force and in his defence at the hearing glowing references were given on his behalf.
Assistant chief constable Dawn Copley said: "PC Taylor's actions could have put the public in danger and put undue pressure on his colleagues.
"GMP and the public rightly expect a high standard of professional behaviour from both officers and employees.
"Taylor's conduct while on duty unfortunately fell well below that standard."
One source said: "The view was that he had grievously harmed the force with his actions. "I understand the chief constable took the view that the public would have demanded his dismissal.
"It was a complete and utter abuse of his power and position."
The officer met the man for the first time in August after first chatting to him via a phone app.
The pair exchanged dozens of text messages about sex sessions which included references to his uniform and handcuffs.
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