Darren Whateley



Darren Whateley is the man who in 1989 murdered Brian Tilsley who was trying to stop him and his friends bothering a woman outside a club but was arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment.

Eleven years later in 1998 Darren was released on parole and appeared as a guest speaker about life in prison at the college of Brian's son Nick who realises who he is and devices a plan for his wife Leanne to write to Darren in prison after he is paroled in order to trap him. However this plan backfires when Leanne's life is endangered after Darren arrives at her house. Leanne and Nick's mother Gail report Darren to the police and he is arrested and his parole is rescinded. He is returned to prison.