Shel was a friend of Kelly Crabtree. The pair were out drinking together and bumped into Dan Mason and Steve McDonald in a bar where Kelly and Shel were supposed to meeting up with more friends. Dan offered to buy the ladies a drink, but it transpired that the pair had gone to the wrong place and should have been meeting their friends in Matty's Bar in Hope Street. Dan suggested he chaperone the ladies to their new meeting point - especially since Kelly had pointed out that area of town was rough.