Template:14 December

14th December 2003: When thirty-five year old Martin Platt started a relationship with seventeen-year old Katy Harris her parents were livid at the news and a serious rift developed. Perhaps most affected was thirteen-year old Craig Harris who watched his mother and father initially stand united in their opposition to the match but then fall apart themselves with Tommy moving out of the family home and turn to drink, getting sacked by employer Kevin Webster in the process. Craig blamed Martin squarely for the descent into chaos. Losing his own sense of reason, he took Tommy's tool kit and broke into Martin's car, tampering with the brakes with the intention of teaching him a lesson once and for all...
 * For more information see Episode 5646 (14th December 2003).