Harvey Gaskell was a drug lord who terrorised Leanne Battersby after she worked with the police to expose his gang in order to protect her son Simon who was also working for him. He is the nephew of on-off Coronation Street resident Sharon Bentley, and the son of her late brother Wayne Gaskell.
Harvey also shot and killed Natasha Blakeman, believing her to be Leanne after escaping from a prison van to seek revenge.