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Self-defence factor in new trial for sex worker who stabbed client

Thursday, February 22, 2018 @ 9:20 AM | By Terry Davidson

The “totality of the circumstances” must be assessed when self-defence is used to ward off sexual assault — no matter who’s involved, says one lawyer after a new trial was ordered...

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