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4th August 2000: Bethany Platt was christened at St Paul's Church with Candice Stowe, Hayley Cropper and David Platt as godparents. Without being asked, Candice brought along her boyfriend Darren Michaels (played by Bruno Langley) with her. Things were spoilt though when David grew jealous of the attention being paid to the baby and kicked off when the assembled family started complaining about his trainers and lack of tie. Having had enough of the hectoring, he ran away from the church and Roy Cropper had to stand in for him. The party returned to No. 8 where Candice's mother, Marion turned up and angrily dragged her daughter away, wanting her to have nothing to do with Sarah a.k.a "that little trollop" and the police returned with David who had been caught shop-lifting in the precinct. All in all, one of the quieter religious ceremonies for the residents of Coronation Street...
 * For more information see Episode 4868 (4th August 2000).