Nikki was a lipstick lesbian before the term was invented. She identified her sexuality early in life and has never felt the need to deny or hide it. Her parents' intolerance caused the young Nikki to run away from home, to travel the world in search of a lifestyle.
Nikki was running a successful gay club with her girlfriend, Trisha, when she murdered a policeman by stabbing him in the neck with a bottle. She bitterly regrets the circumstances of her crime but feels badly treated by the legal system, as the rape allegation was not properly investigated.
Most of the inmates in G-Wing look up to Nikki. She is intelligant and street-wise, aware of her external image and the need to protect her status. She has a strong sense of natural justice, because of the injustice she has suffered. Her murder conviction has earned her respect and fear, and she has learned to use this power when dealing witrh bullying inmates and officers.
Nikki has made a decision not to have friends visit her in prison- it reminds her too much of what she's missing on the outside and makes it easier to cope with the loss of freedom.
Nikki is no one's fool and, as Helen soon learns, it takes alot of effort to win her trust. Nikki's fatal flaw, however, is her fierce jealousy which she finds impossible to contain, even to the point of self-destruction. |
