Ra'Nell Smith

Ra'Nell Smith was a school student, he was in season 1 & 2, he is portrayed by Malcolm Kamulete. Ra'Nell is the main protagonist along with Dushane Hill

Biography
Ra'Nell lived with his mother Lisa Smith in Summerhouse, when she is in hospital, he has Leon looking out for him who was a friend of .Ra'Nell's dad, he also was helping out Heather for her weed business and in season 2 he takes part in football trials. He is best friends with Gem.

Season 1
Ra’Nell's first scene was that he is looking through the window of his flat at the Summerhouse Estate looking at the streets. Ra’Nell watches on from the window before going back in, leaving breakfast on the table for his mum Lisa before Gem comes round to Ra’Nell’s flat to knock for him. Ra’Nell and Gem are in an art lesson at school as Lisa leaves the flat for the first time. She goes to the market but begins to suffer a breakdown in the street. Lisa speaks with Dr. Jenny Northam about her health history, as she lies to her about not having children. In the meantime, Gem and Ra’Nell are walking through the street as Dris points out to Dushane that Ra’Nell stabbed his dad Wayne before. Dushane stops him and asks why he isn’t rolling with them, but Ra’Nell declines as his mum wouldn’t approve. Ra’Nell and Gem get back to the flat but Ra’Nell discovers his mum isn’t home. The two decide to wait but Lisa has been kept at the mental health clinic. Ra’Nell leaves her a voice message asking when she’ll be home.

With Leon an old friend of Ra'Nell's dad now living a normal life and now working in the hospital where Lisa is, Lisa sends him in to look out for Ra'Nell and take care of him while she is still in the hospital, while Ra'Nell and Gem are in the DIY shop to get paint they unexpextedly see Heather, a friend of Ra'Nell's mum. Heather, who is pregnant, is buying lights for her flat and asks the boys to help her take the items back to the car. Leon says if he won’t stay with his dad, he’ll be put into care. Ra’Nell is adamant that won’t happen, and Leon agrees to keep quiet, if he lets him check up on him. But Leon says it’ll be hard for Ra’Nell to visit his mum as the doctors will find out.

Later on, Dushane speaks to Ra’Nell & Gem, telling them Dris, Chantelle and Michael are making money, and do they want to as well. However, Leon is walking by and overhears the conversation. Leon knocks on the door of Ra’Nell’s flat and gives him his laundry. Ra’Nell is angered that Leon stopped him from going with Dushane. Leon threatens to call social services on him if he catches him with Dushane and Sully again. Leon confronts Dushane and Sully and tells them to leave Ra'Nell alone as he is looking out for him to favour his mother, Dushane accepts it.

Precious tries to offer Ra’Nell money at school but he refuses. Heather pulls him over at school and asks him to help with the crop. Heather warns him that he can’t tell anyone about what he’s doing but says she will pay him. Ra’Nell informs Heather that his mum is in hospital. She offers him a place at hers, but he declines, so she tells him to call her if he ever needs anything. Leon is waiting outside Ra’Nell’s flat. Ra’Nell turns up and Leon asks him where he was. Ra’Nell lies and tells him he was with Precious. Leon tells him to go inside and smarten up as he has a surprise for him. Leon takes Ra’Nell to the clinic as Kerry, his colleague has given him a favour. Ra’Nell gets to see his mum briefly. Lisa gets home to find Ra’Nell isn’t in but has repainted and decorated her bedroom for her. However, Ra’Nell is tending to Heather’s crop so he can’t see his mum. Ra’Nell rings Heather and tells her there’s a problem with the pump. Heather leaves work immediately to go see to it. Lisa starts cooking food for Ra’Nell and tries to ring his mobile but he doesn’t pick up. Lisa is still waiting for Ra’Nell as he tends to the crop with Heather. She leaves him a voicemail asking where he is but by the time he realises, it’s too late.

Heather takes Ra’Nell to the riverside to look at her new flat. He offers to decorate it for her. Heather mentions she is selling her crop wholesale to Vincent and the Vietnamese. Ra’Nell brings up the olders on Summerhouse estate but Heather warns him not to tell anyone about it. She says it’s safer to sell to the Vietnamese and she’s less likely to get caught. Ra’Nell talks with Precious about his past. He confesses his dad used to beat his mum. Meanwhile Dr. Northam tells Lisa she’s made good progress and they can think about letting her go home. Ra’Nell and Precious discuss what might have happened to Gem. Lisa has been released and she makes her way home. Ra’Nell takes Precious to the rooftop of the tower block. They hold hands as he shows her the view. Ra’Nell asks her out and they kiss. Dris confronts Ra’Nell and asks where Gem is. He says he doesn’t know and argues with Dris and tells him he’s not a snitch. Dushane arrives and tells Ra’Nell to ask Gem when he sees him to go see him. Ra’Nell and Precious go to find him. Ra’Nell and Precious walk to Gem’s hideout, where he is sleeping. Ra’Nell explains to him that they think he’s the snake who told Kamale about the house. The trio wait in an underpass for Leon to come and pick them up. Ra’Nell explains to Leon that Gem’s dog is dead, and Leon drives the three home as he says he’ll sort it out for them. Ra’Nell gets home to find his mum. The two hug each other as Lisa tells him she’s here to say.

Gem and Ra’Nell walk by and Dris apologises about Gem’s dog, and Dris gives him some money for a new one. Ra’Nell bumps into Leon and asks him if he was scared when Sully pulled the gun on him. Leon admits he was. Ra’Nell leaves to meet Heather, under the guise he was seeing Precious. Vincent goes to see Heather and spots Ra’Nell. He asks her why he’s there, but Heather insists he’s a good kid. Vincent says he’ll pay her £3,000 for the crop but she wants £4,000, but he says it’s a good price and she can take it or leave it. Ra’Nell goes to meet Dushane and the others. He informs that he has five keys of the weed to sell for the right price. Dushane requests a sample. Lisa and Heather are chatting by the riverside. Heather apologises for not meeting Lisa in the hospital. Lisa says it’s fine and mentions the temptations Ra’Nell faces with the drug dealers on the estate as Heather hides her guilt about having Ra’Nell help her. Ra’Nell meets the cutter at the flat. Lisa rings him to tell him Heather’s having her baby and she won’t be back until late. Ra’Nell requests a sample from the cutter. He then brings it to Dushane’s flat. Dushane asks him why he still isn’t with his gang, to which Ra’Nell replies because he is smart. Dushane goes to the club to meet Sully and he tells them about the weed Ra’Nell brought him. He says it’s good and Sully wants to rob him and get it for free but Dushane refuses, saying he likes Ra’Nell and wants to work with him. Sully is angered though and behind Dushane’s back requests Dris to follow Ra’Nell and find out where the farm is. Ra’Nell visits Heather. Heather says she’ll call Vincent and get him to meet Ra’Nell with the money. However, he tells her that Dushane will pay twenty and Heather is angered, telling him he doesn’t know what he’s done. As he exits the hospital, he is followed by Dris. Lisa visits Heather with some flowers. Heather tells her she’s done something very wrong, to Lisa’s confusion. She admits she has a cannabis farm, but then tells her about her getting Ra’Nell to help. Lisa slaps her and calls her a bitch, telling her she was supposed to be her friend. Lisa demands to know the location of it, and rings Leon to let him know, who says he’ll take care of it. Sully meets Dris at the bottom of the flats. Ra’Nell makes his way downstairs as the two wait for him. Sully confronts him and tries to take the bag but Ra’Nell insists for Dushane. As this is happening, Leon arrives at the scene and fights with Sully, but in the scuffle Sully fires his gun, fatally wounding Leon. Ra’Nell is being interviewed by the police but he refuses to snitch, saying he didn’t recognise the people who killed Leon. Ra’Nell and Lisa are home. Lisa goes to run him a bath but Ra’Nell goes out as she’s gone, clutching a knife. He confronts Dushane before Lisa arrives and stops him. Lisa warns Dushane to never go near Ra’Nell again, although Dushane tries to tell them that he was backing Ra’Nell and Leon’s death had nothing to do with him. The next day Ra’Nell, Gem and Precious are walking through the park. Michael rids up to Ra’Nell with a package, saying its from Dushane and walks off. Ra'Nell goes back to Heather and hands her the money for her new flat.

Season 2
Ra’Nell is playing football at the cages when Gem calls him over. Gem tells him he’s messed up and he needs his help urgently, much to Ra’Nell’s annoyance. However Ra'Nell has a football trial ongoing. Ra'Nell tells Gem that it was his own fault for getting himself mixed up in the drug business. They both visit Gem’s dad at the chip shop and are confronted by Collins, who mocks Gem for looking like he has no money, before Ra’Nell tells Gem to leave him alone.

Ra'Nell is walking to school with Gem. Vincent approaches Gem. Ra’Nell is at his trial as Gem delivers the package. Gem phones Ra’Nell, and says it’s like he’s Vincent’s slave. Lisa comes home and Ra’Nell tells her about Gem moving to Ramsgate. She says the landlords are ripping the community apart.

Lisa and Ra'Nell are talking about the landlord, she tells him that she is not gonna get rid of her hair salon. Gem and Ra'Nell meet up, Ra'Nell asks him why is he not in school uniform, Gem then tells him he has to do a job for Vincent, Ra'Nell refuses and tells him he needs to cut ties with Vincent. Gem said he can't and he needs him with him and Ra'Nell tells him that he got himself into it and walks off. Gem then says to Ra'Nell "what a friend you are". Ra'Nell comes back home to receive a letter from his youth football team trial to tell him that they won't take him on. He gets furious over it. He then hears a door banging It happens to be Gem, Ra'Nell answers the door, Gem then tells him what he saw so Ra'Nell goes over on his way with Gem to confront Vincent. Vincent then brutally beats up Ra'Nell. Gem tries to stop it but Vincent pushes away Vincent and carries on kicking in Ra'Nell. Then Vincent then intimidates Gem and tells them both to fuck off. Ra'Nell walks away all cut up and Gem stands there scared. Ra'Nell comes to his mum's salon, Lisa and Zoe are disgusted, Ra'Nell tells her it was Vincent. Lisa attepmpts to call the police but Ra'Nell convinces her that she can't call the police. Ra'Nell tells Lisa that he was declined to play for a youth team for not being good enough and he gives up on his hopes.

Ra'Nell is sat on the table, Lisa tries to tell Ra'Nell to get ready for school but he refuses and tells him he is going no where as he tells her that Vincent is still out there. Lisa tells Ra'Nell that she will sort it out but Ra'Nell doubted her on it and he told her if his dad was there he would sort it out. Ra'Nell then walks off. While Ra'Nell is still at home and just watching TV. Lisa then visits Dushane to help talk to Vincent to sort the problem out and Duahane agrees to it. When Dushane helps out the solution it ends with Gem's father killing Vincent in revenge for Gem. Ra'Nell is at the football field practicing to make the football youth team again. Gem shouts and approaches Ra'Nell. He tells Ra'Nell that him and his dad are moving to Ramsgate today. Gem tells Ra'Nell he is always welcome to go to Ramsgate and visit him. Ra'Nell repsonds "Yeah alright". Ra'Nell and Gem have their last goodbye and Ra'Nell tells Gem to holler him. Ra'Nell goes back to his football and Gem says "safe bruv". Gem then parts his own way. Ra'Nell's last scene is when Lisa closes up the Salon and Ra'Nell is waiting for Lisa as the 2 walk off together.

Murders connected to Ra'Nell

 * Leon: Indirectly caused, shot by Sully as Leon was defending to save Ra'Nell while Sully and Dris were out to rob Ra'Nell. Ra'Nell didn't co operate with the police (2011)
 * Vincent: Indirectly caused as Ra'Nell told his mother that he was attacked by Vincent. Lisa went and told Dushane to confront Vincent but also went to see Mr Mustapha about using and bullying Gem which then he stabs Vincent. (2013)

Trivia

 * All though Ra'Nell was a main character all the way through season 1 & 2 he was never seen or mentioned in season 3.
 * Its unknown what happened to Ra'Nell.
 * Ra'Nell's storyline is a bit similar to Ats's storyline as both want whats right for their mothers.