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31st March 2003: Les Battersby had never got over the end of his marriage to Janice. The fact that she had left him for his mate Dennis Stokes had been bad enough but when she took up with Mick Hopwood, he saw red. For Mick was a policeman and his occupation was anathema to Les. Never one to be able to hold back his feelings, Les goaded Janice and Mick at every opportunity presented to him. Janice was easily able to dismiss the taunts but someone like Les was new territory for Mick. One day, he and Emma Watts were on patrol duty when they saw a car jump a red light. They gave chase and found that Les was the driver. Pulled over and asked to step out of the car, he immediately began a tirade of abuse which sent Mick over the edge and he violently assaulted Les. Mick then arrested Les for turning on him and demanded that Emma back him up. Reluctantly she did so, and almost caused the end of her own marriage as a result when husband Curly found out about her corrupt action.
 * For more information see Episode 5472 (31st March 2003).