Paul was a chaplain at the prison Zoe Carpenter was held in on remand for her best friend/love interest Sarah Barnes's murder, for which Zoe had been falsely accused. Paul visited Zoe as it was the day of Sarah's funeral. He tried to get her to open up to him by getting her to tell him about Sarah. Zoe became excited when she told Paul of her brother Archie's plans to report Lydia's slip-up to the police, but Paul warned her that the police would need to investigate first.