Lionel Hale

Lionel Hale made his first appearance on 27 April 2016. He is portrayed by Patrick Pearson.

Storylines
Lionel is the judge who sentences Jay Brown to 150 hours of unpaid work and signing the Sex Offender Register for five years, for having sexually explicit photos of 14-year-old Linzi Bragg on his phone, though takes mitigating factors into account, meaning Jay is not given a custodial sentence.