Zilch McKay was a perp who was released from the Sector 500 Iso-Cubes after a twenty-stretch in 2104. Resolving to go straight, he went to a nearby Face Change Parlour but had not taken into account the rate of inflation while he had been incarcerated. Unable to pay, he assaulted Trevor the receptionist and escaped to the Dead Dog Bar, his old hang-out, where Judge Joe Dredd was awaiting him.