when she appears as Liam Trip's solicitor. She enters into a relationship with Liam's father, Nick Trip, and they get engaged. Pamela defends a man accused of sexual assault, Simon Thornton, believing him to be innocent, but before the trial she learns that he is guilty. When Pamela drops the case due to his guilt, Simon stalks her, but neither Nick nor Pamela's mother Sadie believe her. Pamela eventually kills Simon in self-defence after she hits him over the head with an iron. She and Sadie dispose of the body, but are wracked with guilt and fear of being caught for several months. Pamela marries Nick in 1999. Eventually Simon's makeshift grave on Charnham Common is discovered, and because of her disposal of the body and the lack of reporting the crime, Pamela is convicted of murder and sent to prison. On her release from prison in 2005, Pamela (now played by Caroline O'Neill) returns to Charnham for several months. Graham Harker Graham Harker was played by Lee Warburton. Graham appears in Charnham in early 2005 when he is hired at the local cab office owned by Gary and Dave Matthews. Denise identifies Graham as her rapist when she gets into his cab and recognizes his aftershave and his use of the phrase "Scout's honor". However, there is no forensic evidence linking him to the crime and Graham is not charged. The Boulters strongly believe he is guilty, and make several attempts to convince him to leave Charnham. Graham refuses to leave dates Gary's daughter, Melanie, who believes he is innocent. He becomes possessive of her, hits her, and holds her against her will in his flat. Melanie asks for Denise's help but Graham finds out. He kidnaps Denise, but goes off the road after a near miss with Ben and Alex Williams in another car. Denise escapes the wreckage, and saves a trapped Graham at the last second before the car explodes in flames. Denise suggests she saved him as she felt that Graham's death would have been the easy way out. Angus Hart Angus Hart was played by Ian Cullen. He appeared in the programme's first episode. After losing his wife Sally, he comes to live with the family of his son, Chris. He marries Helen Cooper after she tries to convert him to Roman Catholicism, but she was killed minutes after the wedding in a car accident.