Ben was found guilty and sentenced to life. he got friendly with his cell mate called Hooch. Hooch got the impression from another prisoner, Freddy Graham, that he knew Ben was innocent so he threatened his life by strangling him to get him to talk. Then he wrote it all down and gave it to the guard to pass on to his solicitor. Because of what he did Graham's pals killed Hooch with an overdose. It turned out that the real killer was the witness from the petrol station, he was the one who committed the other murder that night and Mel had witnessed it and he was following her, that's why she told Ben she didn't want to be alone that night. Ben was released and it ended with him watching football and The Jam's, Town Called Malice playing, the same as it started.