Originally Posted by good_girl:
“Have I missed something along the way?
All I can remember hearing about Lawrence's previous spell in t'nick is that it was because he was gay (illegal at the time)and it was many many years ago
The storyline (and Connor) implies that there was a more serious/sordid matter involved - didn't Connor and the police mention his past along the lines of ...'well, with your past history what do you expect' (or similar)
So, what have I missed?”
No, I don't think you've missed anything. Lawrence was indeed only in prison, in the 60's for the 'crime' of homosexual activity. I think the only thing we learnt last night was that life in prison for a homosexual was very very unpleasant and bad things happened to him there.

The copper was just being a dick basically.