Two men jailed for deplorable sex offences - police

Two men have been jailed for committing "deplorable and inexcusable" sexual offences against two teenage girls in Birmingham more than 25 years ago.

Paul Doyle, 65, of Mickleton Avenue, Birmingham, who ran a kissogram and escort agency from a taxi base in Digbeth at the time, was sentenced to six and a half years in prison after being found guilty of living on the earnings of one of the victims and indecent assault.

Anthony Bayliss, 78, of Lichfield Road, Stafford, was found guilty of two counts of rape, and was handed a nine-and-a-half year prison sentence.

Both men were placed on the Sex Offenders Register for life, and banned from working with children.

The victims were aged 14 and 15 when the offending began in the late 1990s, and both were in the care system, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said.

The men were prosecuted by the Organised Child Sexual Abuse Unit of the CPS, following an investigation by West Midlands Police.

They were found guilty by a jury on 25 February and were sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court on Tuesday.

The CPS said one of the victims began working for Doyle's agency when she was 14 or 15 - during the offending period between September 1996 and December 1997 - and although she received a wage, the money she earned was given straight to Doyle.

It also said that Doyle would insist that the women and girls have sex with him as an "initiation". He was convicted of indecently assaulting the second teenager.

The CPS said Bayliss was regularly using escort services at that time, and would drive around Birmingham in his Rolls Royce "claiming to be a successful TV producer".

It said he met the second victim when she was 14 and went on to rape her on two occasions at his home.

Supt Wes Martin from West Midlands Police described the crimes as "deplorable and inexcusable".

"I want to thank the women for reporting their abuse many years after the offending and recognise the bravery they have shown," he said.

"We will always take reports of sexual attacks extremely seriously and, no matter how many years have passed, we will thoroughly investigate such offences."

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