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20th July 2003: Peter Barlow and Shelley Unwin tied the knot after a two-year relationship, Shelley agreeing to forgive Peter when he admitted to having an affair. Little did she realise, it was only the tip of the iceberg; Peter had actually married Lucy Richards earlier in the year and their son Simon had been born on 6th July. Peter had separated from Lucy but they weren't yet divorced, thus his marriage to Shelley was bigamous. The day also held surprises for Ciaran McCarthy when he proposed to Sunita Parekh as a kneejerk reaction to being dumped by her, and for Roy Cropper when he was seduced by Tracy Preston and taken to her house. Tracy had taken a bet that she could bed Roy and planned to fake it by drugging him and pretending in the morning that they had slept together. A timely pregnancy by another man led to Roy thinking he was the father, and a nightmare year for him as he believed he had cheated on his wife Hayley.
 * For more information see Episode 5546 (20th July 2003).