shelley is a bit of a user and after her brief fling with mark ends she set her sights on local sleaze, richard cole (ian reddington), thinking he'd be a good 'meal ticket'. richard is happy to lavish shelley with expensive gifts in the hope that they will coax her into having sex with him. shelley is happy to take the gifts, but when richard begins to seek a return from his investments, shelley abruptly tells him that she 'wouldn't touch him with a bargepole'.