A LIVERPOOL psychiatrist was suspended after approaching a prostitute.
Malcolm Darley, 44, was given the six-month punishment after a General Medical Council (GMC) hearing was told he was prosecuted for kerb crawling.
The GMC panel, sitting in Man-chester, concluded Darley had shown a “pattern of dishonest conduct”, but accepted his remorse was genuine and that he was a “competent and valued clinician.”
The consultant worked at Arundel House, a mental health unit in Wavertree, and also cared for acute in-patients at the Broadoak Unit, in Broadgreen.
He was dismissed from mental health trust Mersey Care in January last year.
Darley, now of Wallings Lane, Silverdale, Carnforth, was cleared in June last year at Liverpool Crown Court of having indecent images of children on his computer.
But on April 19, 2008, he was arrested and later fined for kerb crawling. He also gave a false name to the police and lied to his employers.
The suspension, imposed on Tuesday, will come into effect in 28 days.
