Jimmy Ryan had been caught with 300 ecstasy pills at school. Lockers were searched after Kevin overdosed. Back at Jimmy’s home another 300 pills were found in his bedroom.
Eventually Jimmy started to talk to Nate. He insisted his brother Baxter had nothing to do with the drugs. Since getting out of prison, he was straight.
Frustrated with Baxter refusing to drug deal again for him, Nemo forced Jimmy to hold his stash – he was grooming him.
Nate overheard a call on the police radio, it was at Jimmy’s address. There his mum was having a psychotic episode after being unsettled by a visit from Nemo - he had hit Jimmy over the head with a bottle. She was screaming and shouting and then attacked Jimmy too.
He was devastated his mum had been sectioned into care. Nate explained a foster family had been arranged to take him in. Miss James encouraged a reluctant Jimmy to let others care for him for a change.