Episode 5420 (15th January 2003)

Plot
The police interrogate Ashley over Maxine's death. Rita and Norris keep a vigil by Emily's bed. She's still critical. Police and reporters swarm all over the street, questioning everybody. A distraught Fred and Doreen look after baby Joshua. Angela and Tommy worry that the attack at the Peacocks was meant for them and that the thugs just got the wrong house. Richard does his best to behave as normally as possible. Dev tells Roy that he's not going ahead with the amusement arcade. Steve tells Peter that he's taken the house off the market. Gail is puzzled that Richard seems to be taking Maxine's death so badly. Fred closes the Rovers for the day as mark of respect. Audrey is devastated to hear of Maxine's death. The police raid the hardware shop squat and arrest Aiden. They find the bag of stolen items from the Peacocks which Richard planted. Aiden protests his innocence but is led away. Ashley is released on bail. Richard sees Ade being frogmarched from the squat. His plan seems to be working.

Regular cast

 * Ashley Peacock - Steven Arnold
 * Norris Cole - Malcolm Hebden
 * Rita Sullivan - Barbara Knox
 * Emily Bishop - Eileen Derbyshire
 * Richard Hillman - Brian Capron
 * Fred Elliott - John Savident
 * Gail Hillman - Helen Worth
 * Toyah Battersby - Georgia Taylor
 * Dev Alahan - Jimmi Harkishin
 * Joe Carter - Jonathan Wrather
 * Shelley Unwin - Sally Lindsay
 * Peter Barlow - Chris Gascoyne
 * Steve McDonald - Simon Gregson
 * Doreen Heavey - Prunella Gee
 * Betty Williams - Betty Driver
 * Audrey Roberts - Sue Nicholls
 * Roy Cropper - David Neilson
 * Ciaran McCarthy - Keith Duffy
 * Vera Duckworth - Elizabeth Dawn

Guest cast

 * DI Mannery - James Quinn
 * Reporter - Donna Henry
 * Aidan Critchley - Dean Ashton
 * DC Beecroft - Mark Spalding
 * DC Holker - Andrew Vincent
 * Kathleen Fearn - Maike Lynden
 * DS Trafford - Justin Burrows