Pat Poynter (Vexed)

Pat Poynter (Frances Barber) is the main villainess of episode 2.06 and the series finale of Vexed (airdate September 5, 2012). She was the wife of Ron Poynter and the mother of their daughter Joanna, who worked alongside her father to run the family jewelry store.
Pat, however, realized that Joanna hated working at the jewelry store, but that she was unable to stand up to Ron and tell him so. Wanting to free Joanna from her husband's hold, Pat decided to hire the Mullan gang to rob the store, being introduced to them through her son Josh (who had a drug dealer with ties to the Mullans). The robbery had the Mullans stealing the Sultan's Stone, the most valuable diamond the Poynters had ever held.
DIs Jack Armstrong and Georgina Dixon investigated the robbery and eventually uncovered the Mullans' involvement in the robbery, later discovering how Pat had enlisted the gang to rob her family's store. Jack and Georgina confronted Pat while she was out having lunch at a restaurant with Joanna, with Pat freely confessing to being the mastermind of the robbery. During her confession, Pat informed a shocked Joanna that she knew how much she hated working for her father and that she'd formulated her plan to destroy the business and free her from his hold. Pat also admitted, however, that she was also motivated to get back at Ron, referring to him as a "lying, loveless bastard" and that he deserved to have his business destroyed. Following her confession, Pat was placed under arrest for planning an armed robbery.
==Trivia==
*With Vexed ending after two seasons, Pat Poynter serves as the series' final villainess.
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