Steve Coombes knows the law. A self-proclaimed, 'research boffin'Steve has been working on Outlaws since the summer of 2002. Immersing himself in the criminal justice system and the world of the duty solicitor and magistrate courts Steve finally sent out his initial Outlaws programme outline to World Productions in November 2002.

In the past 23 months Steve has been an integral part of the development, filming and editing of Outlaws. Meeting with him two weeks before the first episode of Outlaws is broadcast on BBC 3 Steve had the following to say…