Taylor was a detective sergeant with the CID who crossed paths with the residents of Coronation Street on two occasions in the mid-1970s. In October 1974, Taylor and Det. Constable Phillips responded to a tip-off that Billy Walker was holding stolen jackets from the Mark Brittain Warehouse in a van he was servicing at the Canal Garage. When the jackets were found, Billy was taken to the police station and questioned by Taylor, while Phillips investigated the circumstances of their theft from the warehouse storeroom. Billy claimed he didn't know the jackets were in the van, but the van's owner, Paul Meggitt, denied this, telling Taylor that the van was empty when he left it at the garage. Though Taylor suspected Paul's involvement, the evidence pointed towards Billy. Just before Billy was c