during his brief spell on screen, he shows a machiavellian and ruthless streak. this is first evident when dalton first appears onscreen at his nightclub, the "imperial room", and receives a visit from phil mitchell (steve mcfadden) – the local hardman of albert square, a community from east london and it's fictionalized borough: walford. following phil's visit, dalton arranges for one of his neighbors spencer moon (christopher parker) to get beaten up for using forged currency in his club though spencer's brother alfie (shane richie) takes the beating by pretending to be spencer. later on, dalton discovers that his personal secretary kate morton (jill halfpenny) is actually a policewoman working undercover at his nightclub. in response, he summons his bouncer george peters (andy beckwith) with the task of killing kate by raping and murdering her in the latter's house. this is nearly successful until phil, who previously had a one-night stand with kate, comes to her rescue by knocking out peters. the two men later return to dalton, who blames peters for failure and confronts phil over his relationship with kate. though he is eventually persuaded by phil to let kate live scot-free, dalton tells phil that he now owes him a favor.