Sticky Fingers

Simon arrives at work to find Derek's son has been involved in a motorbike accident and is being threatened with legal action. Nell has had her pocket picked but she magaed to keep hold of the thief and wants to press charges. Liz has a message that Samantha has been caught shoplifting.Samantha explains to Simon that her friend had stolen the tape recorder and she was only returning it, but she refused to tell who it was. Samantha then confides to Simon that it was her friend Penny but she had been blackmailed by an older girl at school. Simon decides to teach the older girl a lesson by pretending to be a gangster, along with Derek and pickpocket Dilke. The girl is so alarmed by the gangsters' violent talk that she decides to abandon her blackmailing immediately