john stape killed charlotte hoyle by murder in coronation st.
john stape killed charlotte hoyle by murder in coronation st.
who did john stape kill by murder in coronation st?
charlotte hoyle
alan hoyle is the father of charlotte hoyle (becky hindley). initially played by john woodvine, alan first appears when charlotte invites her parents over to meet john stape (graeme hawley) and to have dinner with them, believing him to be colin fishwick. he and his wife dorothy (jean fergusson) later meet john at the hospital when they are informed that charlotte has been injured in the tram crash. they are told that charlotte is unlikely to recover from her injuries and they, with john, make the decision to switch off her life support machine. alan and dorothy attend charlotte's funeral and are confused when some of john's colleagues attend the service and call him by his real name. john reluctantly joins alan and dorothy for christmas dinner after they spot him on coronation street while visiting the scene of charlotte's death. in april 2011, dorothy and alan (now played by michael mcstay) discover john pushing money through their letter box and they invite him inside for a drink. john tells them that he is sorry and this confuses dorothy and alan and when he insists that they have the money, they reject it. concerned for john's welfare, alan and dorothy to call someone to help john. alan finds john's mobile phone on his jacket and calls fiz stape (jennie mcalpine) not knowing she is john's wife, to pick him up. fiz later arrives at their house, picks john up and drives him home. fiz's brother chesney brown (sam aston) returns to the hoyles' house a few weeks later posing as colin's brother. he questions them about 'colin' and they tell him that he was engaged to charlotte. chesney tells them that "colin" lives at no. 5 coronation street and invites them to visit. they do so and john returns to their house and has lunch with them. alan and dorothy become suspicious of john as his behaviour becomes more erratic. as alan invites john down to their basement, dorothy discovers john's driving licence as she attempts to find his phone when it rings, and discovers his real name. she goes to confront john in the basement and he panics and ties alan and dorothy up. he is last seen when chesney, him and dorothy are finally freed and fiz finds out the truth about john. alan and dorothy return in october for fiz's trial. alan supports his wife as she gives evidence for the prosecution. alan is last seen whispering to dorothy in the public gallery as rita sullivan (barbara knox) gives evidence, explaining that she saw charlotte helping john dispose of colin fishwick's (david crellin) body.
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john stape is a fictional character from the british itv soap opera, "coronation street", played by actor graeme hawley. he made his first on-screen appearance during the episode airing on 6 may 2007. the character departed on 3 june 2011 after four years on the show. hawley made a short return to "coronation street" from 21 october 2011 until 28 october 2011 when he was killed off.
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