After murdering his girlfriend and putting her corpse in the boot of his car, James foolishly allows his car to be stolen. On his way home on the bus James sees his car outside a pub and rushes to confront the thief. Billy, the thief beats him up and drives off leaving his girlfriend Jess behind. In a nearby café James and Jess make a deal to recover the car from Billy. James steals back his car and takes Jess back to his flat. Leaving her safely there James resumes his deadly purpose so rudely interrupted earlier by the theft of his car.