An house breaker has been nicknamed Vernon Varius. He may be Irish so Bert Lynch visits several pubs and sees barman Ron Belis singing. Belis breaks in via the bedroom of 8-year-old boy, who will let him go if he tells him a fairy tale.
Sgt. Stone is livid that Vernon Various has thwarted him again by telling a Welsh fairy tale. Insp. Goss decides re-interview the boy and learns that Vernon is a Welsh singer. Sgt. Lynch now knows who he is and exactly where to find him.
Helen Carter is living alone in a large tower block. Isolated, she is terrified when a suspicious male keeps knocking at her door but never speaks. When Lynch and Quilley arrive, the man has vanished inside one of the many flats.
Just when Helen Carter life turns back to normal, she starts to get suspicious telephone calls and the fright returns. Lynch has befriended Helen and sees Powell outside her home and gives chase. Powell will only say he is partially blind.
Insp. Goss is investigating an assault on Francis Webb. He suspects the Brice fraternity and heads to Sid Dean's wedding, only to see PC Alec Quilley. Arresting Eric Brice, the other two brothers beat up Sid Deans has a message to Quilley.
Insp. Goss is livid and tells PC Quilley to get a statement from Sid Dean to arrest the Brice's. Sid declines but when his Mother-in-Law, Mrs. Parker bans the Brice's from, her pub, they wreck the wedding presents and Sid changes his mind.
Dicky Green and Sid Phipps are spotted acting suspiciously in a multi-storey car park. Approached by a City of Liverpool police officer, Phipps pulls a gun and shoots him. Newtown is put on high alert when their car is found abandoned.
Green and Phipps breakthrough a police road block before abandoning their car again. Now on foot, Green takes the opportunity to break free and hand himself in to the police. Newcombe, Skinner and Horrock rush Phipps in his hotel room.
Tommy Jefferson is in the last week of his sentence, sharing a cell with heavies Burroughs and Mills. Burroughs has a job planned but needs Mills help him escape. Sgt. Stone is looking for Jimmy Jefferson, who has just escaped for borstal.
Tommy Jefferson acts has the middle man for Mills and Burroughs escape. His son, Jimmy breaks his leg evading P.C. Skinner. Tommy decides to give up the prison escape to aid his son. Unfortunately Mills and Burroughs have already escaped.
With Mills and Burroughs on the run, Tommy Jefferson gives up the middle man. Goss and Stone pay Marsh a visit. Unnerved he sends his muscle, Gerry to shoot Jefferson. Gerry also attacks Mills girlfriend, Fran but PC Quilley rescues her.
Burroughs explains his plan for a gold bullion raid worth £350,000. Goss learns Burrough's history of planning robberies and why he was broke out of prison. Sgt. Stone visits Jefferson, in hospital, hoping he overheard any of the planning.
The Stiffs have just lost their sixth game in a row. The fans want chairman Sugden, manager Brady and striker Marshall out. A Superintendent tells Goss to put a Panda Car near the stadium but Chris Riley is still able to daub graffiti.
Stiffs chairman Dick Sugdon gets D.I. Goss, out of bed, demanding to know who wrecked the club's boardroom. Supporter Chris Riley is brought in for questioning but when police learn manager Les Brady has been sacked he is suspected.
Johnny Marsh's parents never discuss his brother Brian. At night school, teacher Sally Stone talks him out of quitting his Thacker apprenticeship. Arrested on "Suss" he learns her brother is Sgt. Stone and decides to fire bomb Thacker's.
Marsh is on the run and trashes the home's of Thacker, his parents and Sgt. Stone. The Marsh's lie and say he is in Blackpool. Sgt. Lynch learns the family's real name is Botteral and Brian resides in Broadmoor after killing a guard.
Supt. Oakley informs Newtown about Pikey Nimmo hiding 60 cases of stolen whisky. Pikey has been tipped off and Oakley accuses D.I. Goss of a leak. Nimmo refuses to pay informer Monk so he offers up a lorry carrying a million cigarettes.
Pikey Nimmo lets slip that the stolen cigarettes are on Shant Probert's farm. Police draw a blank but knows Monk is the informer. D.I. Goss learns that Harris, from the magistrate office, is dating Pikey Nimmo's sister so sets up a trap.
George Coulson hates that jailbird Kenneth Nield is working in his branch. When £15 goes missing, from accounts, he blames Nield. Despite no evidence Coulon he still sacks him. He then contacts any potential employers to warn them off.
Now unemployable, Kenneth Nield is offered a job by Stan Lowe. He is to pretend to be an insurance salesman and spot valuable items worth stealing. This backfires and he gets arrested. During an office refit, the missing £15 is found.
June Frazer is the lookout for a robbery at Harcourt's. PC Quilley catches her with a bag of money. She is bailed to return the next day. When her father is arrested for fighting, Sgt. Lynch let's slip about June. He takes the belt to her.
When June Frazer fails to turn up at the station, PC's Newcombe and Skinner are sent to find her. Staying at a friend's she is black and blue from her father's belt. D.I. Goss thinks she has suffered enough but Harcourt wants to prosecute.
Margo Tate sets up her mark, magistrate Peter Forbes, at Orchard Hotel. Recognising con, Bernie Spencer they agree to go to Forbes empty home and split the spoils. Spencer rings the Argos so he can read about the robbery the following day.
Bernie fences the stolen goods while Margot books a holiday to Tenerife. When Bernie returns, Margot is not planning on paying her hotel bill. PC Skinner spots Margot as Betty Howson, from Burnley. Bernie rings the Argos about her arrest.
Frank Pearson sets off to work and sees Mrs. Mullen unconscious. Two employees of Gatehouse Metals, Clay and Burgess then leave her home. When police visit him he denies the incident. Mrs. Whitby informs the police, Pearson was a witness.
Caught in a lie, Frank Pearson is taken into custody and shown a mug book. PC Skinner connects Pearson to Clay and Burgess at Gatehouse Metals but he failed to mention either. Clay warns him off and Willow Building residents turn on him.
A silver plate, a chalice, two candlesticks and 200 bible's are stolen from St. Saviours. Nogan reports that he found them hidden at his missionary. Farson takes the blame but when the bible's are discovered still burning he is released.
Two more churches have been robbed but only bible's stolen. PC Quilley is called to the library when a homeless man refuses to leave. He reports he was interested in the church robberies and also stays at Nogan's missionary.
A car crash on the motorway takes a sinister turn when police find a bullet embedded in the back seat. Driver Norman Leakey points the finger at love rival Jock Bannion. When Bannion finds out he visits Leakey and takes his belt to him.
The motorway sniper shoots at another car this time killing the driver. Snout, a local tramp has a hide out on the embankment and gives a description. PC's Newcombe and Skinner are placed in the hide out to wait for the shooter to return.