Bill Moody (detective)

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Bill Moody was a detective chief superintendent in the Metropolitan Police in London during the early 1970s. He was the head of the Obscene Publications Squad.[1] He was tried for corruption in 1977,[2] convicted and sentenced to twelve years imprisonment.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Macaskill, Grace (8 May 2021). "We stopped bent Flying Squad coppers taking sex shop bribes from porn kings". The Daily Mirror.
  2. ^ Bleakley, Paul (2019). "Cleaning up the Dirty Squad: Using the Obscene Publications Act as a Weapon of Social Control". State Crime Journal. 8 (1). Pluto Journals: 19–38. doi:10.13169/statecrime.8.1.0019. JSTOR 10.13169/statecrime.8.1.0019. S2CID 182807424.
  3. ^ O'Sullivan, Kyle (21 April 2021). "Real-life Line of Duty bent coppers got cash from porn baron amid sex explosion". The Daily Mirror.