Judd Johnson was an ex-borstal associate of Ray Langton's. Judd had dark curly hair, a large moustache and an obnoxious personality. In July 1970, Judd and Frank Bradley were planning to rob an electrical shop and sought out Ray's help, at first pretending they were looking for legitimate work. Ray wasn't pleased to see them as he'd left his days of petty crime behind him, but agreed to set them up with one job - to put up shelving for a display cabinet at Ernie Bishop's Camera shop. Emily Nugent, Ernie's assistant, clearly didn't trust the mischievous duo but let them do the job as Ray had vouched for them.