At first it was like paradise... but the dangers soon became obvious

AGED just 22 and living in a “depressing maisonette” with no money to install her cooker or phone; exposed bare floors because she couldn't afford carpets, and nothing but a threadbare sofa to sit on, Rachael Webster decided she wanted more for her young daughter.

- By MEGAN BANNER

So, she called a number she found in an ad for a sex worker agency. Now aged 53, the mum-of-three recalls that “life-changing” conversation. She said: “It was based in Bootle. The woman who answered the phone asked me to come in for an interview the next day. I said that’s fine, and I did.

“She asked me what my name was and I said Rachael, she asked if it was my real name or working name. I didn’t even know what a working name was at the time. And that was it, I was a call girl for the next 15 years.”

At first Rachael, originally from Halewood, says the job was like “stepping into paradise” but told how she'd hide poison gas up her sleeve due to the dangers that went hand in hand with it.

She said: “It was very, very dangerous. But, I made some very good friends. It was like stepping into paradise almost, all the money, champagne, friends, jacuzzis. Before I knew it I was earning around £1,500 a week in Liverpool.” But she also says she didn’t know what to do with her new-found fortune.

Rachael said: “I got my phone and cooker installed, furnished the house, got a beautiful new carpet, new TV in time for Christmas, and gave my daughter everything she could have needed. I felt proud that I'd managed to provide for my daughter. It was life-changing for us at that time.”

The mum started spending her time working between London and Liverpool. She told the ECHO how she was making up to £2,500 per week at the time, but this didn’t come without its dangers.