Stephen Richardson's reign of terror over Westside was fuelled by Sheridan's overwhelming fear of him, and despite her best efforts, she couldn't prevent the first shocking twist in the storyline which came with the murder of Dr Virginia Travis (Julieanne Newbould), the new G.P at the surgery, whom Stephen was initially romantically involved. When she broke things off, Stephen broke her neck. Virginia's demise was a dark and surprising development for viewers, and in the days before spoilers, it was an unexpected twist which was described as a brutal end to a popular but relatively short-lived character (portrayer Julieanne Newbould left to have a baby). Virginia's death was not known to the characters of "E Street" because she'd already said her goodbyes to everyone as she was returning to see her off-screen son in Melbourne. It wasn't long however before Sheridan's brother, Michael (Graham Harvey), became suspicious of Stephen's influence over his sister, but, as he got closer to the truth, Mr Bad claimed his next victim and Michael was brutally attacked with a shovel and buried next to Virginia.