Nick has been disqualified, and the final evidence that led to his eviction, at 5pm on Thursday, was revealed for the entire house to see during a meeting at midday.

It was called in the early hours of the morning after Craig, Darren and Tom compared Nick stories. The penny dropped - Nasty Nick had been lying to them and manipulating them all along.

After weeks of strategic planning he was asked to account for his tactics. Craig cut to the quick. In a tone of utmost diplomacy, he said, "I've got a very important thing I want to bring up, I think everyone should be aware of, and it's everyone's concern. Basically, I'm sorry I've got to say it Nick but I'm very disappointed in you."

He calmly continued: "I'm positive and I've got evidence that you're plotting a very dirty plan on every body in here to vote against each other to divert from you."

Initially confident Nick responded: "I think that's absurd Craig."

But Craig was not to be swayed as he started to present his case for the prosecution. "There's a number of people sitting around this table who have come to me," he began, "and basically said that you have shown them a piece of paper with various names on it on a number of occasions."

Craig felt like he'd been stabbed in the back, especially considering that Nick had suggested hooking up with Craig after the show to visit Tom in Ireland. "What disappoints me the most, Nick, is how can you be so two-faced," he said.

Wounded Craig asked, "Please explain to me, what's your game? What are you playing at, what's you motive?"

Visibly squirming, Nick evaded the question and denied the accusations. He also, rather lamely, suggested that everyone has been guilty of tactical voting. But the nail was hammered into the coffin of his defence when Mel and Tom backed up Craig's accusations.

Both admitted that Nick had also shown them names in an attempt to influence their nomination vote.

As temperatures rose everyone started to talk at once. It was Anna who took control of the situation by requesting: "One person at a time please."

By this time Nick knew his goose had been well and truly cooked and admitted that he passed the notes around. Anna then took the probing one step further.

"So have you given these names before nominations or after nomination?" she asked.

"Well erm, before," he stuttered.

"Why? Why did you show the names?" she persisted.

"It was just a vision, " he said simply. But as he continued Anna cut him off asking, "Why did you chose the people that you chose?"

Nick replied, "Some people may take it the wrong way and some people may take it the right way."

Mel moved the subject on to Nick's 'vision'. "It seems to me that it's not really a vision because you're showing different people different names," she suggested. Nick vehemently disagreed protesting he'd always used the same names.

Just for confirmation, Darren asked, "So you show the same two names?"

"Yeah," Nick said.

The house remained unconvinced and what started as a businesslike meeting started to become more gut-led and knee jerk. "I find it fucking disappointing," Tom said.

"I find it very disturbing," Anna added.

Feeling he'd been taken for a sucker, Craig had no problem mincing his words when he told Nick, "I feel a cunt, in all honesty."

Darren described Nick's actions as "fucking sick."

Sure that his name was on one of the scraps of paper Craig asked, "Will you go and get the pieces of paper?"

"No I'll not do that," Nick insisted with a shrug. "I'll pack my suitcase, simple as that."

Darren finally said, "I'm going to get the names now." He walked to the boys' bedroom and returned with Nick's suitcase. The scraps of paper were found and the damning evidence was conclusive. Darren found three pieces of paper, each had two names written on them.

They were: Caroline and Mel, Caroline and Nicky, and Craig and Nicky.

At this point Mel had seen enough, "we can stop now," she said.

Nichola agreed adding: "Leave it to Big Brother to sort out."

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