Brenda Summers

Brenda Summers was a battered wife who was befriended at the hospital by Emily Bishop in July 1978. Emily promised to help Brenda rebuild her life, encouring her to seek the advice of a social worker and to obtain an injunction against her husband. John turned up at 3 Coronation Street, threatening Emily and then dumped their two children on the doorstep. However, Brenda didn't want her husband to go to prison and decided to return to him.