A probe is to be held into the death of a sick paedophile who enticed kids with sweets after he died in legal custody.
Vile Michael Taylor, an inmate within HMP Glenochil, near Alloa, was moved to a hospice in Denny due to a deterioration in his health and died on 23 August 2021.
The 71-year-old, who was five months into an eight year sentence when he died, assaulted five boys and girls over a six-month period after enticing them to play with sweets and money.
The predator, of Aberdeen, filmed his rape of a young boy and instructed another victim to video him abusing a girl.
Army veteran Taylor was arrested after a child told his father that he had put his hands under his clothes. The boy said he told him not to tell his parents and had previously given him money for sweets.
Taylor admitted five offences of sexual assault against children aged between six and 11 between March and October last year, and a further charge of taking indecent photographs of children at the High Court in Edinburgh.
Mr Taylor was in legal custody and in the care of the state at the time of his death. That means that his death had to be investigated by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service and a Fatal Accident Inquiry is mandatory.
Procurator Fiscal Andy Shanks, who leads on fatalities investigations for COPFS, said: “The Lord Advocate considers that the death of Michael Taylor occurred while in legal custody and as such a Fatal Accident Inquiry is mandatory.
“The lodging of the First Notice enables FAI proceedings to commence under the direction of the Sheriff.”
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