Colleen Skeet: a woman Mariner got to know some years ago, when she was the victim of domestic abuse at the hands of her ex-partner.
Ricky Skeet: fifteen-year-old son of Colleen Skeet, who Mariner has known growing up, and is a student at Kingsmead comprehensive school.
Lewis Everett: a student at the boys’ grammar school, who met Yasmin on a joint school trip to London with the girls’ school.
Peter Cox: a far-right activist well known to the police for promoting racist propaganda and inciting acts of aggression against the Muslim community in Birmingham.
Shaun Pryce: a local lothario, actor and model, who, when ‘resting’ works as an electrician.