Template:10 January

10th January 2011: The tangled web of deceit spun by John Stape claimed another victim as the hapless teacher accidentally smothered Joy Fishwick to death, moments after confessing to Joy the whole bizarre account of how Joy's son Colin Fishwick and Charlotte Hoyle died. To help himself cope with the guilt, John had been spending time with Joy while keeping up the pretext that Colin was still alive but she had caught him out when she realised that the mobile phone number he gave her for Colin was actually his. Hearing the truth brought on Joy's heart condition but John withheld her medication while he held his hand to her mouth, causing her death.
 * For more information see Episode 7511 (10th January 2011).