Kev's marriage to Veronica Fisher (Maxine Peake) is legally invalid because he never got a divorce from his first wife, Roxy (Jill Halfpenny), who Kev left because of domestic violence. He told Veronica the situation prior to their wedding. However, having discovered that Veronica's late father had left £5,000 to pay for his daughter's wedding, Veronica and Kev decided to go through with a sham wedding in order to get the wedding money. Their plan was to use the money to buy their council house. Following the sham ceremony, the reception venue was set alight by Veronica's pyromaniac brother Marty (Jack Deam). Kev and Veronica had to use the £5,000 to compensate the owners of the venue for the fire damage caused by Marty.