Rose Townsend is the elder sister of Des Townsend, raising him after the death of their parents in a car accident. As a Pakistani person was involved in the accident, Rose raised Des as a racist. Meeting Des's girlfriend Jacqui McQueen and her family, Rose initially enjoyed herself until learning that Jacqui's half-sister Tina was mixed-race.
Rose and Des decided to target local restaurant Relish upon learning that the owners, the Roy family, were Asian. Rose planted a smoke bomb inside the restaurant and trashed it, but Zak Ramsey called the police and Rose and Des were arrested, never to return.