Template:31 May

31st May 1995: Samir Rachid is beaten up by a gang of youths at Weatherfield Canal. Samir is the Moroccan husband of Deirdre Rachid and has volunteered to donate a kidney to his 18-year-old stepdaughter Tracy Barlow, whose kidneys failed after she experimented with ecstasy. Samir is set upon by the thugs while walking to the hospital. Samir is later found at the canal with head injuries and taken to hospital, however he does not survive. Deirdre gives consent for his kidney to be used in Tracy's operation.
 * For more information see Episode 3863 (31st May 1995).