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Ex-GMP Detective Ordered to Repay £75,420 After Stealing Cocaine From Evidence Store

The CPS used proceeds-of-crime powers to recover his available assets following his 2024 conviction.

Overview

  • Liverpool Crown Court ruled his criminal benefit at £179,372.17 and set the repayment at £75,420.67, matching his known assets.
  • He has three months to pay or he will be returned to court to serve an additional two years in prison.
  • Talbot remains liable for the outstanding benefit and can be brought back to court if new assets are identified.
  • Investigators found he stole just under 4kg of cocaine from the GMP property store between 2018 and 2020 and supplied it on Manchester streets.
  • The anti-corruption probe began after he dropped a bag of cocaine outside his daughter’s school, with further inquiries uncovering misuse of police systems and assistance to convicted dealer Keith Bretherton.