Roy Slater, Del and others in “Unfinished Business”

Roy Slater

I turned to crime. [Del and friends look at each other] I got involved in that diamond-smuggling caper. [Del and friends slowly start walking to the door whilst Slater speaks] And as I, of all people, should know, I got collared. [He stands up and approaches Del and friends, who return to the wall they were at earlier; loudly] I spent three and a half years in a ten foot by six foot prison cell, trying to work out where I'd gone wrong in life. [sits down; melodramatically] Whilst in prison, I found Jesus!

Del

[not impressed] What had they fitted him up with?

Slater

To be more precise, Jesus found me...[sadly]was around about the time I got a message...to say...my old man had...passed away.

Del

[softly] I know, Roy. I went to his funeral.

Slater

Thanks, Del. I wish I could have gone.

Trigger

Why didn't you?

Denzil

Probably because he didn't have a black suit and a bloody big ladder! He was in nick, Trig!

Trigger

Yeah, but I thought they let you out for acts of God like funerals and weddings.

Slater

I applied for temporary compassionate release. My mum wrote to the prison governor...

Denzil

And he wouldn't let you go?

Slater

Not after what that old cow put in her letter!