Deborah Dent

"My Daddy is a jelly, my mummy told me so. He's short and dim and smelly, and we both wish he would go."

- Deborah's poem, age 5, about her father.

George’s daughter, and one of the main problems at home. A juvenile delinquent, Deborah frequently runs away from home, steals cars and other vehicles (including a fully laden car transporter and an InterCity 125), sells drugs (George’s prescription medication), sets fire to supply teachers, and attacks her school classmates with a pickaxe handle. She once attempted to sue her school for failing to provide her with an education — having previously burned the school buildings down; and on one occasion is mentioned as having found her way to a Middle East guerilla training camp.

Despite her aggressive behaviour, she does care somewhat about her father, stating she does not hate him, but rather pities him, and after burning his desk (which Damien Day paid her fifty pounds to do), helps him take revenge by hammering Damien's Porsche. The following year, after George and Margaret split up, Deborah runs away from home and joins a shoplifting gang. George persuades her to leave after threatening the leader, Fixx, with a toasting fork. Deborah moves in with her friend for the time being, but gives her father a video recorder with the serial numbers filed off as a gift.

When her mother falls ill in Season 6, no mention of Deborah is made, so presumably their relationship had deteriorated severely.