The Newell's and Elizabeth's Relationship

In 1987, Roderick and Mark flew back to hold a 48th birthday party for their mum Elizabeth. The boys' beautiful childhood home where they'd spent Christmas is alone for years. And when you put that together with all of the money steadily trickling away, the anger within the Newell boys was growing. When Roderick was struggling to pay his officer's mess bill he returned to Jersey to ask his mummy to help him pay for it. But she refused so he beat her over the head and punched her in the face. She later went on to drown her sorrows with a friend and sunk a litter of whiskey to herself. After a few weeks, Roderick's parents forgave