Nigel Townsend

Nigel Townsend, along with his friend Davey Aldred, is a loan shark that Zak Dingle owed money to. Zak, who's mental state had been in decline at the time, made a deal with the two men, but before he could repay them, he suffered a mental breakdown while out on the moors and had to be sectioned. While Zak recuperates, Nigel and Davey continue to visit the village to see if Zak would pay up. When Zak returns home for his great-granddaughter Sarah's birthday, he finds Nigel and Davey at the Dingle homestead, who take all the cash from the money pot. After Zak is readmitted back into hospital, Nigel and Davey inform Zak's wife Lisa that he initally borrowed £1,000 from them, but now owes £8,000 due to rise in interest. The following day, Lisa is forced to ask her niece Charity for money, and Charity hands her £50. Nigel and Davey return to the village and Lisa gives them the £50, warning her they'll be back as they leave. Nigel returns on his own to find Zak's daughter Belle watching television, and after Lisa arrives back home, she hands him another £50. The next day, Nigel and Davey return to find Charity with Lisa. She gives the men a final offer of £2,000, which they accept. Zak is finally discharged from hospital and returns to the village to find the two men waiting for him, where they tell him that they want the full amount, giving him a 48-hour deadline. Zak heads out into the moors with a shovel, and begins to dig for the cash he had buried out there. With no other option, Zak gives Nigel and Davey a call, telling them that he has the money, and meets them the next day at a disused barn, where he reveals that he doesn't have the cash on him after all and is willing to accept the consequences. Unbenknownst to him, however, Belle, who had sensed there was something wrong with her father, stowed away in the van. Belle surreptitiously gives Lisa a call, who in turns, rings Charity. Belle leaps out, armed with the shovel, but Davey shoves her back inside the van. After Charity arrives, she threatens to tell the police that they hurt Belle. Belle's accusations stall the men, and they begin to back down, before Charity knees Nigel in the groin.

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