 A much-reviled ex-schoolmate of Del's, Slater was a corrupt policeman and (as revealed in "The Class of '62") the ex-husband of Raquel Turner.He was sent to prison for diamond smuggling after the events of "To Hull and Back".Slater also appears in the prequel "Rock & Chips", where he is barely tolerated by Del and the others as a member of their gang, as his friendship with them is at this point obviously falling apart.