Policeman (Philip Sanders)

The Policeman was one of two officers who called at 8 Coronation Street when Gail Platt made a complaint that she was being sent cards by her former dead husband Richard Hillman. Gail accused various people of being behind the morbid practical joke, principally Eileen Grimshaw, and was finally moved to call in the police when she was laughed at by the Street residents in the Rovers. The policeman seemed strangely unfamiliar with the story of Richard Hillman, asked who had a grudge against her and could only suggest that she passed on any further cards straight to them.

Gail was later devastated to discover that her own son, David, was the one behind the sending of the cards.