Jermaine Carter

Jermaine Carter is a fictional character from Locked In The Press. The character was created by Tony John Williams and made his only appearance in Playing With Fire, where he murdered Reverend Nickson and was sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment.

Backstory
Jermaine Carter, son of Jack and Kirsty, was childhood friends with Stuart Browne, before they drifted apart. They met again when they were young adults and Browne introduced Carter to Danny Browne, much to his parents dismay. Carter began perpetrating in illegal schemes. His parents tried to convince him not to see his friends anymore, but he refused to obey them and rarely returned home. Browne hatched a plan to take revenge on Reverend Nickson who was the reason for Browne spending time in prison, after Reverend Nickson informed the police about him. Browne suggested to his gang members one of them should murder the vicar, and chose Carter to carry it out.

Playing With Fire

Carter first appears when inside St. Thomas' Church, after he was given a dagger by Browne, who ordered him to kill Reverend Nickson. Browne threatened Carter that if he was unwilling to commit the murder, he would end up dead. The three other gang members encouraged Carter to fatally stab Nickson, before the murder took place. Carter failed to keep hold of the dagger and it landed next to Nickson, before running out with the gang. They were recorded fleeing the scene on a CCTV camera. Carter is seen again when he meets journalist Carl McQuarrie one night on a footbridge, where Carter claimed that he was forced to kill Nickson by Browne. McQuarrie later witnesses Carter being assaulted by Sam Nickson, who had only recently discovered that Carter murdered his father. McQuarrie broke up the fight, before Carter fled the area. He then appears in court on the day of his trial, which was attended by McQuarrie. He was sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment by the judge, after being found guilty. A story about Carter was later written by McQuarrie and published online. McQuarrie claimed that Reverend Nickson was murdered during service. Carter's mother disagreed with what was written and threatened to report McQuarrie to the GDRP, unless the story was removed. The story was eventually taken off the website, which displeased McQuarrie.