12-year-old girl who allegedly was pimped by her own mother.
But according to The Mercury, there was much more to Terry Martin's troubles, now including an admission that at one point he had hired both a transexual prostitute and a male prostitute. The new admission came out during pre-sentencing submissions after Martin was convicted of having sex with a person under 17 and producing child exploitation material.
Martin's defense had been a bit conspicuous, to say the least. According to ABC.net.au, the defense has maintained that medications the former Mayor of Glenorchy took for Parkinson's disease caused him to stray from his normal sexual patterns. While doctors testified that the medications altered the politician's behaviors, Martin was still found guilty of the charges.
