After a career of ripping people off by charging them lots of money for suggesting things they could have thought of themselves, Richard saw an opportunity to grab the money being offered and run. Now he has to think of reasons to avoid having to take his wife shopping and has to spend lots of money on his two children. His age isn't important - he pretends it's fifty, but we know differently.....

Richard is an amateur mineral collector with a very keen interest in going to the pub, eating and drinking. He loves being underground, as that is the best place to hide from the tax inspectors who are always chasing him for his money.

Richard started mineral collecting in 1995, when on a trip to the British Museum he levered open the "Cornish Minerals" case and escaped with the contents. He soon became a die-hard collector, making the transition from bier blonde to Guinness in just a few years. He now has an extensive knowledge of English pubs and drinking customs, of which he is justly proud.

We see the author Steve Roberts in September 2007, busted and ready to run away from Craddock Moor.
Probably he has found a solid rock of gold or perhaps some jewelry and is ready to escape to Switzerland...