Steven Quayle

Steven Quayle is a fictional character from Locked In The Press. The character was created by Tony John Williams and made his only appearance in Payback, where he is racially and sexually abusive towards his employee Amy Khan, and later imprisoned for attempted rape.

Storylines
Payback

Steven Quayle, the owner of Quayle's Electrical store, is first seen when publicly humiliating one of his employees Amy Khan by sacking her in front of many customers and journalist Carl McQuarrie. He then shows up at a room inside a Travelodge, after being invited there by Amy. However, he did not realise he was being recorded and is enticed to make racist and sexist remarks and to reveal what he has been doing to her. The confrontation goes wrong when a voice is heard on a microphone, causing Quayle to force her to reveal it, before slapping her and leaving marks on her face. She runs out of the room in a flood of tears and is later arrested in front of several customers at his shop. Although he manages to speak his way out of trouble and subsequently meets Amy in his shop. She is shocked to see him, and he threatens to rape her, if she tries to frame him again. A protest to get him sacked is later held outside his shop, and when stepping outside he becomes involved in a fight and is arrested when he assaults an officer. He is eventually sentenced to seven years for attempted rape at Brentwood Crown Court, which was attended by McQuarrie and Amy and her family. His crimes were then published on the Brentwood Telegraph website, which was written by McQuarrie.