Billy Washington

**Billy Washington** was the younger brother of Lana Washington

## Background

### Personal

His older sister Lana Washington is an Explosives Officer in the Metropolitan Police.

### Professional

Washington himself tried to follow his sisters footsteps and join the British Army, however has been unsuccessful multiple times. He struggled with both his social life and chronic unemployment.

## Series 1

### Episode 2

Billy is first introduced at the funeral of Joel Nutkins, where is attending with his sister Lana Washington and her parents. Afterwards, at the wake in a local pub, he tells Lana he is struggling to find work due to the employment situation in their hometown. When he goes to get a round of drinks, he is mocked by Nutkin's military friends Mick about his lack of success in getting into the Army, and is defended by his older sister.

### Episode 3

After being arrested by the Metropolitan Police, Billy calls his sister Lana Washington to help bail him out of custody from an unnamed police station. It is later revealed he was arrested for criminal damage for attacking a Halal butchers. When questioned by Lana, he argues that he did it in response to the Westhaven Estate bombing that killed Joel Nutkins, and argues that they are "at war" with Islamists, mirroring the views of the English Flag group. Lana admonishes him, telling him that he knows nothing about war, and that her suspicions suggest that Islamists are not even behind the attacks.

### Episode 4

Billy's sister Lana Washington receives a call from DC Jones informing her he has failed to attend a follow-up interview. She becomes concerned when she cannot locate him, and he is even missing from his flat on his birthday when Jeff Washington and Val Washington also visit. After speaking with Karl Maguire, Lana develops suspicions that Billy might not have been the only one who damaged the Halal butcher the night after Joel Nutkins wake, as she is told he remained at the pub drinking with Mick and fellow EXPO John Hudson.

It later transpires that Billy has been being groomed by members of The Crusaders, specifically Nicholas Roberts, who play into the fact he is struggling with his identity and the fact he is unemployed. As Billy had no criminal record and was not known to the Metropolitan Police, meaning he could be used as a "cleanskin" to inadvertently assist their operations without being detected by law enforcement.

Without his knowledge, the group rigged a bomb into Washington's car and asked him to collect them from Farringdon Tube Station. What was planned was for Billy to exit the car after parking in front of the station, triggering the bomb that was wired to the driver side door. The explosion was intended to kill a large crows of Anti-Fascist protestors who were gathered around the station. However, the conspiracy was intercepted by Counter Terrorism Command, who are able to get Lana Washington, to call him and establish where he is. Once he discovers the bomb in his car, Billy becomes panicked, and this is made even worse when he finds an attached countdown timer linked to the device.

Commander Bregman authorises Lana to get Billy to drive away from the tube station and towards Cranstead Fields, a large public park less than a mile away. On arrival and once civilians are evacuated, EXPO Hassan Rahim speaks with Billy and urges him to remain calm. Washington then arrives and also tries to calm her brother, who is becoming hysterical with fear. Upon speaking with her colleagues, she comes to the conclusion that the countdown timer is a decoy, and its only purpose is to scare the driver into trying to escape the vehicle by opening the door, which is actually where the trigger is rigged. However, before the members of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal team are able to tell him this, Billy becomes too scared (especially when the timer goes below 30 seconds) and attempts to exit the car, blowing it and himself up in the process.