Mr Lane was a client of Leanne Battersby when she was working as a prostitute, under the alias of "Rachel", but had led both the client and the hotel Concierge to believe that she was an escort working for a legitimate agency. The pair met in the bar at The Bowdon hotel - with Mr Lane slightly apprehensive as it was the first time he'd used the agency. Leanne put the older gentleman at ease by telling him that all statements and invoices would be billed as "secretarial services". He suggested that they went up to his hotel room to have another drink.