A police inspector is shot after pursuing a burglar along the street, and everyone Mitch talks to describes him as a saint.

A series of muggings of old people are taking place, but as they are being committed by black people the police have to tread very carefully so as not to be accused of racism.

Ex-villain Reg Grey promises his wife he's now gone straight. But he is then arrested for a crime he committed a few years before. Mrs Grey tells Mitch that the arrest came from a tip-off from regular Police informer Jack Frost.

Some Asians in the area are attacked by yobbos, and Mitch's son gets a burst appendix, which brings the wife from whom he has separated back into his life.