In 2019, the Offender Database reported that Kylie Taylor, then 31, was sentenced at Bolton Crown Court for a “devastating” act of child neglect. Taylor abandoned her two young sons, aged just two and four, to go clubbing while heavily intoxicated, leaving them alone in a hazardous environment.
The court heard that on the night of May 8, 2017, Taylor left her children asleep on a sofa in a house filled with broken objects and no food. Dirty nappies were strewn across the floor, and a toilet in the property was overflowing. At approximately 3:00 am, a neighbour grew concerned after Taylor banged on their door to request a taxi. The neighbour alerted the police, who eventually tracked Taylor down to McCauley’s nightclub in Bradshawgate just before 4:00 am. She was described as “intoxicated and somewhat unhelpful” and initially attempted to lie to officers, claiming the children were safe with her partner or his mother.
When police entered the property at 5:00 am, they found the two boys alone and sleeping in squalid conditions. Taylor’s partner, Dylan Fahy, arrived shortly after and claimed he had left the children in Taylor’s care. While both were initially arrested, charges against Fahy were later allowed to lie on file. In her defence, Taylor claimed her judgment was affected by an argument with Fahy and the emotional stress of a recent medical procedure. However, the prosecution emphasised that her decision to leave the infants unsupervised to consume alcohol and socialise was a “wilful” failure of parental duty.
Judge Graeme Smith condemned Taylor’s actions, stating that she had forfeited the “privilege” of being a parent. He noted that even minor neglect can lead to fatal consequences, particularly with children as young as two and four. The court was informed that the children had been removed from Taylor’s care and placed into a different living arrangement.
Kylie Taylor was sentenced to a 12-month community order. As part of this order, she was required to complete 60 hours of unpaid work and participate in 15 days of rehabilitation activity. The sentence serves as a public record of her failure to provide basic safety and supervision for her children, an offence under the Children and Young Persons Act 1933.
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