A CHURCH minister has been sacked after being convicted of kerb crawling.

Disgraced Timothy London has been "deleted from the role of minister" in the United Reformed Church at Middlesbrough.

The 46-year-old was fined £200 by Teesside magistrates earlier this year after police caught him in his car with a prostitute.

He said at the time: "I am living out my worst nightmare."

The Reverend Tony Burnham, the movement's general secretary, said yesterday: "The church expects the very highest standards from its ministers and it is quite obvious from this decision that this was taken very seriously.''

As well as losing his £16,300 job, the disgraced clergyman must give up his church-owned home in Farrington Drive, Marton, Middlesbrough.

He told The Northern Echo last night: "I do not want to talk to you.