WARWICK SMITH/STUFF Catherine Thompson talks about scleroderma in 2017, a condition which makes her fall. This video was key to acquitting a man she says assaulted her. Rankin and Thompson met by chance in mid-2019 when they crossed paths in a cafe and a supermarket on the same day. They exchanged numbers, met socially and quickly developed a close relationship, staying at each other’s homes several nights a week. They took a break in December 2019, but resumed the relationship in January 2020. The pair decided to spend at least the first two weeks of the 2020 nationwide coronavirus loc...