Reports 3.0 - Borders

Hi,
I'm trying to get a border around each cell in my report. One of the columns is Vertically Expandable and that seems to be causing all of my grief: the vertical border lines do not extend down to the next row.
e.g.
| 3222 | 455-465 | Fred Flinstone, | 12-MAR-2001|
| | Barney Rubble, | |
| | Dino | |
| 3223 | 455-465 | Fred Flinstone, | 12-JUL-2001|
| | Barney Rubble, | |
| | Dino | |
etc...
As you can see (hopefully), the vertical line between the first and second columns does not extend downwards as do the vertical lines on the Vertically Expandable column.
Many thanks for any advice,
Ian.

Apologies, it seems as if my spaces were taken away in my attempted layout.
"Barney and Dino" do appear in the correct spot under "Fred", but as you can see a vertical border line is missing from the front.
Thanks,
Ian.

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