Rick Neelan

Rick Neelan is a loan shark who bought Joe McIntyre's debts of £5,000 in November 2009. Rick is unscrupulous in his methods, charging his debtors extra money on a whim and threatening physical violence if they don't pay up.

When he went to see Joe to demand the £5,000 on 9th November, Rick forced Joe to give him his van, but added that he would need more to settle the debt, even though the van was worth more than the debt. To make sure he got his point across, Rick threatened to hurt Joe's daughter Tina if he didn't give him the money. Joe managed to keep Rick at bay by convincing his fiancé Gail to sell their house 8 Coronation Street to pay the debt which was now well above the original £5,000. Rick viewed the house, pretending to be a potential buyer, to put extra pressure on Joe, but after getting tired of waiting for the house to sell he demanded immediate payment.

Joe paid Rick £4,000 on 7th January 2010, the day before he was due to marry Gail, but Rick was not satisfied and showed up at Joe and Gail's wedding reception to tell Joe that he wanted daily interest charges paid back also. After two weeks without payment, Rick confronted Joe with a heavy, but Joe was able to lose them by hiding. Rick later turned up at No.8, which had now been taken off the market by Gail, who was unaware of the true extent of Joe's debt. Joe fobbed Rick off by telling him that he would have the money in a week, but when the time elapsed Rick was unhappy to learn that Joe had gone on holiday to the Lake District. As Joe continued to be a no-show in the coming weeks, Joe threatened Gail and Tina to make Joe pay up or else.

List of appearances
Episode count: 15.