Poor old frail man needing THREE big strong heavies to help him up the steps. Yeah right. As his ex PA (who broke her confidentiality agreement) pointed out on R4 news he has had health issues but is still fighting and still manipulating , he is the consummate story teller now starring in his own drama.
As she remarked, if his victims turned up in court, weeping, shuffling along, dressed in disheveled clothing they would be accused of milking it, but HW trundling along on a Zimmer frame surrounded by muscle, well that's a broken man right there for all to see, confused and distressed by the stress of it all. Straight out of central casting, I could almost hear the teeny tiny violins.