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Q. Some of the clients you’ve acted for were somewhat odd – tell us about the prostitute you successfully acted for who offered you her services free of charge.

A. Ah yes, she was a remarkable woman. Very big and statuesque. She came into court wearing a big wide-brimmed hat and in those days, the Ritz Hotel in St Kilda opposite the Methodist Church in Fitzroy Street was the corner where prostitutes picked up their clients, drove them in a taxi around Albert Park Lake and the deed was done ...read more +

 
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