Producers then placed the character at the centre of a subsequent story for the Beale family as they try to maintain the secret. Treadwell-Collins wanted to continue the story and compared the twist to the novel "We Need to Talk About Kevin", which is about a teenage killer. Bobby is unaware that he caused the death of his sister, which Treadwell-Collins thought was important because he did not want to make a child an aware murderer. The story team wanted to explore whether the character is evil and how Ian and Jane would respond to that situation. The story continued to be explored until show bosses decided to conclude the storyline. After attacking Jane with a hockey stick, Bobby admits it was him because he didn't want to leave his old school, he is arrested by the police for Assault occasioning in Actual Bodily Harm against Jane.