Josh Tucker is a mechanic who works at Webster's Autocentre, and also drugged and raped David Platt on a drunken night out.
In January 2018, a vacancy arose at the garage following the death of their mechanic Luke Britton. Despite his girlfriend Alya Nazir's protests about replacing him so soon after his death, the owner Kevin Webster believed that his garage was understaffed and placed an advert looking for a new mechanic.
Josh approached co-owner Tyrone Dobbs and asked if he needed to fix anything in order to prove he was worthy of the job. After joking about Tyrone's long face and asking if anyone had died, Zeedan Nazir informed him of Luke's death. Tyrone told him to drop off his CV and that he would meet up later for an interview in the Rovers.
After a brief interview, querying about the number of different towns and garages he had worked in, Tyrone agreed to give Josh the job. Josh also impressed Tyrone by suggesting that they and other street residents should remember Luke by hosting a charity boxing match in his honour.
Josh and Tyrone enquired in the Rovers to see if anybody was willing to put their name forward to fight in the charity boxing night. Maria Connor agreed to give it a go, much to the surprise of her friend David Platt, who suggested the only reason she wanted to enter was to get close to Josh. David and Josh would develop a close friendship, which caused problems in David's relationship with his girlfriend Shona Ramsey since it was clear to her he would rather go out with his new friend than stay at home with her and his children.
In March 2018, after having an argument with Shona, David went on a night out with Josh. When he stepped away to go to the men's room, Josh drugged his drink and took David back to his flat, where he plied him with more alcohol. After getting David almost unconscious, he took him to his bedroom, where he raped him. David woke up the next morning in Josh's bed and realised with horror what had happened to him. He confronted Josh, who put the blame on David by claiming it was a drunken one night stand and he was "up for it".
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2018