Photo: New Zealand HeraldDebt recovery specialist and human rights advocate Arthur Taylor is a happy-go-lucky Dunedin resident with a chequered history as a high-profile jailhouse lawyer. But there’s more to him than meets the eye ... ... sold an unwanted Christmas gift on Trade Me? "Not an unwanted Christmas gift, but I did sell one of my court shirts on Trade Me when I needed to raise funds to pay a court cost once. "I sold it for $140 to a guy that wanted to wear it to a protest at Parliament. "He loved that shirt. "I was in jail at the time too — they didn’t like it but it happened." ... peed in a pool? "In the sea I have, probably about 100m offshore." ... got a tattoo you regret? "I’ve got no tattoos whatsoever. In most of the prison blocks I was ever in I was probably the only one in prison who didn’t have a tattoo, including in D block. "I don’t even remember any other prisoners who didn’t have tattoos. "I did most of my time in maximum and high security — maybe in some of the minimum or something they wouldn’t have them." ... stretched the truth on your CV? "I’ve never done a CV, ever. I usually get hired to do my work by word of mouth or people who know me. "I’m sort of retired now, so I don’t need to do one." ... been arrested? "Many times." ... Taken a sick day so you could watch that Netflix series you’re addicted to? "I have taken a sick day off from my own work to watch Netflix. "Not ones I was addicted to but ones I like. "I loved Trailer Park Boys and Queen of the South on Netflix. I like those FBI ones and some of the old ones. "I like YouTube mainly. I like to watch the old documentaries and movies that came out while I was in jail and couldn’t see them."
