The Howell brothers hail from a poor and deprived family background in Porthmadog in North Wales where positive influences try to steer them away from criminality. Despite this and the merits of involvement in sport with its discipline and team spirit the boys struggle to stay on the right side of the law.
Events in the mountains of Snowdonia necessitate cooperation between the authorities in North Wales and Staffordshire to manage the risk to the public from the Howell brothers and the