‘Walter Mitty’ pimp pretended he was chancellor’s pal

An elderly ‘Walter Mitty character’ pressured an Asian mother into becoming a prostitute by pretending he was close to Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond, a court heard. Gary Rich, 73, trafficked the young Chinese woman into working for brothel madam Dan Wong, 44, as a high class call girl after he pressured and suggested she had lesbian group sex. The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was tricked by Rich into thinking he had powerful connections in…