 As a result, in 2006 he was demoted to regular training officer following disciplinary action concerning his bullying towards Lauren Adams.Large lives with his partner Gareth Brooks, an accountant, adopting a daughter together, Hayley, in 2002.After blackmailing Lauren in "[[Mad Dogs (novel)|Mad Dogs]]", threatening to kill the Chairwoman's dog and a drunken incident in "The Fall", Large was forced to resign from CHERUB, after which he moved away and got a job as a security guard.