Internet sex nurse struck off

Lynsey Brown, 34, from Hailsham, was a registered nurse working at Churchwood Medical Practice in St Leonards-on-Sea and Conquest Hospital in Hastings.

But she had another career as a 'professional nurse' on a pornographic website.

Her explicit website profil listed personal details and her preferred sexual practices.

She included a financial tariff with hourly rates for clients.

Her recorded emails and conversations on the website were explicit.

Her profile was on the website between February 13 and April 15 2005.

An undercover reporter for a national newspaper, caught Ms Brown out on April 12 2005.

He posed as a customer and agreed to pay 120 for sexual services at a later date.

Mr Brown used her own name and wore her work uniform, displaying her work badge when she met the reporter.

She talked to him in detail about her nursing career.

A conduct and competence panel hearing was held at the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), London, on Tuesday.

Ms Brown did not attend in person but the panel noted she admitted the facts about her double life were true.

Ms Brown sent an apology and said she regretted her actions.

She had previously denied the charges to her employer.

The panel noted some 'personal difficulties and health problems' but Ms Brown did not act under duress.

The setting up of the website profile was 'deliberate and calculated,' it said.

In a statement, the panel said: 'This conduct, the panel has no doubt, has undermined the trust and confidence that the public rightly expects in the nursing profession, and the behaviour of a registered nurse, and has brought the profession into disrepute.'

Some of the hearing was heard in private, in relation to Ms Brown's health status and current occupation.

Ms Brown had a previous good work record.

Her past and present employers sent good testimonials to the hearing.

The panel believed Ms Brown's actions violated the nursing code of professional conduct.

Sarah Connolly, NMC spokeswoman, said: 'The independent panel were convinced a striking off order was necessary for the protection of the public and to uphold public confidence in the nursing profession.'

Ms Brown was given a striking off order and an interim suspension order for 18 months.