Cassandra "Cassie" Plummer is the wayward daughter of Evelyn Plummer and mother of Tyrone Dobbs.
Cassie has struggled with drug addiction for most of her life, starting when she was a teenager. When her father Harold died from a brain haemorrhage, Evelyn blamed it on Cassie, causing her to run away from home. Evelyn found her six months later in a drugged-up state and with a baby in tow. After leaving the child at a police station, Evelyn got Cassie clean, at least for a time, but Cassie never forgave her for separating her from her son and after moving to South Africa, she cut off all contact.
She eventually moved back to the UK, and after her most recent relapse in 2022 Evelyn returned to get her off the drugs once more. In 2023, Cassie found out that Evelyn was secretly living with Tyrone Dobbs, the son she'd abandoned. After revealing her identity to Tyrone, Cassie has been allowed to get to know him and her grandchildren Hope and Ruby, and given a job as an office clerk at Webster's Autocentre. However, she has found it difficult to let go of her old life and habits and was fired from the garage for slagging off Abi Webster. She currently lives at 9 Coronation Street and works as a carer for Ken Barlow.
Biography[]
Cassie Plummer was born in 1966. Her parents, Harold and Evelyn Plummer, moved from Liverpool to Manchester when Cassie was about ten. Cassie fell in with the wrong crowd and started drinking at twelve years old, progressing to heroin by fifteen. The worst of them was Richie, a 26-year-old who got Cassie into drugs and made her sleep with his mates for money. Cassie, believing that Richie loved her, would do whatever she was told. Harold and Evelyn didn't know how to deal with Cassie's problems, and gave her little support or understanding.
In 1982, Harold found condoms and £100 in Cassie's bag and, realising she was being paid for sex, accused her of bringing shame on the family and slapped her. When he died of a brain haemorrhage shortly afterwards, Evelyn attributed it to the stress Cassie had caused him, leading a guilt-ridden Cassie to run away the morning after the funeral.
Cassie re-surfaced six months later in Liverpool, having recently given birth to a son, the child of her and an unspecified client. Evelyn took Cassie home and left the child on the doorstep of a police station, feeling that it was the best place for him. Eighteen torturous months later, Evelyn got Cassie clean but by that point, the child was untraceable and Cassie didn't want to live with the woman who'd abandoned him. Moving abroad to Pietermaritzburg, South Africa with her junkie boyfriend, Cassie had no contact with her mum for many years.
Cassie was back in England by 2022, when she moved to Warrington from Bristol. After being clean for a long time, she became addicted to pregabalin and a social worker friend reached out to Evelyn. Having given Cassie up for dead years earlier, Evelyn went down to Warrington to wean her daughter off the drugs. However, once she was clean again, Evelyn swiftly returned to Weatherfield, making Cassie curious about the life she was leading there. Having obtained Evelyn's address from her handbag, Cassie followed her mum to Weatherfield, where she was informed by a neighbour, Kevin Webster, that Evelyn was living with her grandson Tyrone Dobbs and his family at 9 Coronation Street. The revelation caused Cassie to relapse, and Evelyn rushed to her side again when she overdosed on pregabalin. In her hospital bed, Cassie confronted Evelyn about the fact that she'd again prevented her from having a relationship with her son, with Evelyn countering that, due to her lifestyle, it was better for her to stay away. Nevertheless, Evelyn felt obligated to get Cassie through her latest ordeal and left Weatherfield with her, promising to introduce her to Tyrone when she was back on track.
Six weeks later, with Cassie's recovery progressing, Evelyn rented Flat 4, Weatherfield Precinct for the two of them. Impatient to meet her extended family, Cassie broke free of her mum's control and attended the Little Big Shotz show at the Viaduct Bistro, where her granddaughter Ruby was performing a solo. Tyrone was staggered when Cassie walked up to him and revealed her true identity. Met with anger for not getting in touch earlier, Cassie spun Tyrone a story containing some half-truths about her past which led him to invite her to move into No.9 to get to know her better.
Cassie and Tyrone tried to establish a relationship with each other, but she felt patronised when he invited the Websters for dinner and she discovered that Abi Webster was a recovering addict herself. Tyrone was also concerned about her fitness to be around Hope and Ruby when she got drunk in the Rovers with Dev Alahan and Kirk Sutherland, but cut her some slack her by giving her a job manning the phones at Webster's Autocentre. She upset her son again when, to curry favour with Hope, she let her granddaughter skip school and took her to have nose studs fitted.
Cassie continued to take pregabalin, and was roughed up by dealer Dean Turnbull when she tried to obtained further supplies from him. When Dean pestered her for money that she owed him at the garage, Abi prevented her from raiding the garage's petty cash to pay him. Instead, Abi threatened him with exposure to the police unless he left Cassie alone. Still desperate for a fix, Cassie bought drugs from Dean with money for Ruby’s birthday and overdosed, ending up in hospital. Unable to have her close to his girls, Tyrone asked her to leave, and Abi moved into the precinct flat to look after her, leaving Evelyn able to move back to No.9. The situation was reversed when Tyrone joined Cassie at Abi’s support group and was taken in by the lies she told about how her mother threw her out of the family home when she was a vulnerable teenager, leading her to turn to prostitution.
In October, Cassie was accused of being behind the wheel of Tyrone's car when it hit Eliza Woodrow. Roy Cropper provided her with an alibi, but she began drinking in anger at being suspected. Finding her paralytic in Victoria Gardens, Kevin let her sleep it off overnight in No.13.
Cassie began to fall for Kevin. At Christmas, she borrowed a customer's Porsche to take Roy to pick up a present for Evelyn, but scratched the vehicle on the journey. She later allowed Kevin to think Abi caused the scratch while working on it, but Roy refused to let an innocent woman take the blame and told Kevin the truth. Cassie was only spared the sack thanks to an appeal for mercy by Abi.
In January, Evelyn turned to Cassie for help exposing Terry Fensley's illegal puppy farm. Evelyn provided a distraction while Cassie broke into Terry's house and, aside from finding caged puppies within, helped herself to a wedge of cash. She was discovered by Terry, but managed to club him to the ground. Evelyn was furious when Cassie was silent while she was investigated by the police, accused of assaulting Terry herself, though Cassie made amends by donating the money she'd stolen to a dog charity. Later that month, when Tyrone went on holiday with Fiz to Italy, Evelyn moved back into No.9 to help Cassie with the girls. Evelyn was impressed with her when she dealt maturely with Ruby after she lied to her about getting nail extensions, falsely claiming that they were within school rules.
Evelyn had never found out about Cassie's sex work before Tyrone was born. In March, when Cassie passionately defended Lauren Bolton's Ovidz career, Tyrone explained to his puzzled gran that Cassie was once a prostitute. Cassie then admitted everything to Evelyn who, continuing to mellow in her attitude to her daughter, assured her that she wasn't the cause of Harold's death.
Cassie continued to snipe at Abi at the garage, and was sacked in June when she suggested that the deepfaked pornographic videos of Abi which had leaked online were genuine. Willing to try anything, she applied to be Ken Barlow's carer after he fell down the stairs, with Steve McDonald accepting as she would be cheaper than a qualified carer. After a shaky start due to her lack of credentials, Ken enjoyed her presence.
Personality[]
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Background information[]
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First and last lines[]
"Is that right? Look, I'm glad you came." (First line, to Evelyn Plummer)
Appendices[]
List of addresses[]
| Address | Duration |
|---|---|
| Liverpool | 1966 to c.1976 |
| Unknown address, Manchester | c.1976-1982 |
| No fixed abode, Liverpool | 1982 |
| Unknown address, Manchester | 1982-1984 |
| Pietermaritzburg, South Africa | 1984 to unknown date |
| Bristol | Until September 2022 |
| Warrington | September 2022 to June 2023 |
| James Woodgate's flat | June 2023 to 16th August 2023 |
| Flat 4, Weatherfield Precinct | 16th August to 18th August 2023 |
| 9 Coronation Street | 18th August to 6th September 2023 |
| Flat 4, Weatherfield Precinct | 6th to 7th September 2023 |
| 9 Coronation Street | 7th September 2023 to present |
Employment history[]
| Role | Institution | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Office clerk | Webster's Autocentre | 4th September 2023 to 3rd June 2024 |
| Carer | 1 Coronation Street | 19th June 2024 to present |