Jonny Smith was a thug hired by loan shark Rick Neelan. After Terry Duckworth borrowed money from Rick to set up lap-dancing club Se7enth Hea7en on Viaduct Street, Jonny and Barry Hawkins demanded the money back after Terry failed to pay. Terry's son Tommy agreed to pay them £10,000 to bail his dad out. Barry and Jonny later helped Rick intimidate Terry, Tommy and Tina McIntyre after it turned out they had only paid off half the debt.