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Birmingham City Council has suspended a naturist swim club from using a public pool after its chairman was sentenced for child porn offences.

Brian Taylor, 59, was placed on the Sex Offenders Register after admitting downloading more than 120,000 indecent images of children.

Now the council has suspended the Spectrum Swimming Club’s use of the Northfield pool while an investigation is carried out by the council.

The club uses the pool once a week where naked adults and children can take part in what their website calls a “friendly, relaxed atmosphere’’.

Meanwhile, Councillor Brett O’Reilly, chair of Northfield district, said he was ‘shocked and appalled’ at Taylor’s crimes.

He added: “I would like to reassure users of the pool that staff have been reminded to report or refer if they become aware that a child or vulnerable adult might be at risk and we have a robust safeguarding policy throughout our leisure facilities.

"From a personal point of view I would also say that Mr Taylor is not welcome at Northfield Pool.”

Taylor, of Tamworth, was made chairman of the swim club in May 2013.

He was also public relations director of British Naturism.

The Spectrum Club were contacted but declined to comment.

Spectrum states on its website about the Northfield sessions: “We try to create a friendly, relaxed atmosphere where families, couples and singles alike can come and enjoy a couple of hours of naturist or nude swimming and socialising.

“Spectrum will have been in existence for 30 years in 2014 and we take safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults very seriously, therefore we have an application procedure we like to follow.”

Taylor, a Spectrum member since 2006, was forced to quit his swim club and British Naturism roles following the court case after the groups learned of his shame.

He was sentenced to a three-year community order and placed on the Sex Offenders Register for five years after pleading guilty to six counts of making indecent images of children.

After the Mail revealed Taylor’s court case on Thursday, the council said the swim club had been reminded of its safeguarding responsibilities.