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In 2013, she was advised that she was under investigation for alleged sexual abuse by Victoria Police.
The allegations were made by a troubled young fan whom Kirkpatrick had agreed to meet at a psychiatric ward in 1985 and later invited to her home for a meal.
Falsely accused: Reflecting on her ordeal this week, the 79-year-old actress told Woman s Day that the nightmare of torment continues for her despite the charges being quashed. Pictured as prison officer Joan The Freak Ferguson in Prisoner
Fully exonerated: Ms Kirkpatrick was wrongly convicted of sexual assault in August 2015 but was cleared on appeal in December that year