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A list of trials which have featured in Coronation Street storylines since December 1960.
Trials[]
| Defendant | Accusation | Trial/Court date | Location | Verdict & Sentence | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leonard Swindley | Driving without a licence | 31st March 1965 | Weatherfield Magistrates Court | Guilty (£20 fine) | |
| Emily Nugent | Driving without a qualified driver | Guilty (£5 fine) | Emily pleaded guilty to the crime. | ||
| Ena Sharples | Theft | 4th May 1966 | Weatherfield Magistrates Court | Guilty (£40 & absolute discharge) | Ena pleaded not guilty to the crime. |
| Ken Barlow | Taking part in an illegal student demo | 13th March 1967 | Guilty (£5 fine) | Ken pleaded not guilty to the charge. | |
| Jerry Booth | Assault on Jim Stoker | 25th October 1971 - 27th October 1971 | Guilty (12 month conditional discharge) | Jerry pleaded guilty to the crime. | |
| Ed Jackson | Murder of Ernest Bishop | 13th March 1978 - 15th March 1978 | Weatherfield Crown Court | Guilty (Life imprisonment) | |
| Dave Lester | |||||
| Len Fairclough | Intoxication and disorderly conduct in a public place | 24th April 1978 - 26th April 1978 | Not guilty | ||
| Brian Tilsley | Unlawful wounding | 9th November 1981 - 11th November 1981 | Weatherfield Magistrates Court | Not guilty | |
| Alan Bradley | Making gain or causing loss by deception & assault occasioning actual bodily harm on Rita Fairclough | 18th October 1989 | Weatherfield Crown Court | Guilty (2 years imprisonment (1 year suspended)) | Alan pleaded guilty to both crimes. Alan was released immediately due to time served on remand. |
| Des Barnes | Polluting a public waterway with noxious matter | 15th November 1991 | Guilty (12 month conditional discharge & remove the wreck) | ||
| Steve McDonald | Handling stolen goods | 24th January 1992 | City Magistrates Court | Guilty (£100 fine) | Steve pleaded guilty to the crime. |
| Kevin Webster | Conspiracy to pervert the course of justice | 15th December 1993 | Guilty (£800 fine) | Kevin pleaded guilty to the crime. | |
| Steve McDonald | Stealing a motor vehicle, no 'L' plates, driving unaccompanied and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice | Guilty (200 hours community service, £200 fine & 6 month driving ban) | Steve's sentence was reduced when his barrister blamed Kevin for leading Steve astray. | ||
| Jim McDonald | Assault on Liz McDonald | 22nd April 1996 | Weatherfield Magistrates Court | Guilty (£140 compensation) | Jim pleaded guilty to the crime. |
| Malcolm Fox | Conspiring to pervert the course of justice | 24th May 1996 | Weatherfield Crown Court | Guilty (12 months imprisonment) | Malcolm pleaded guilty to the crime. |
| Vicky McDonald | Guilty (12 month suspended sentence) | Vicky pleaded guilty to the crime. | |||
| Steve McDonald | Handling stolen goods & conspiring to pervert the course of justice. | Guilty (2 years imprisonment) | Released in June 1997. | ||
| Jon Lindsay | Conspiracy to obtain a money transfer by deception | 23rd March 1998 - 29th March 1998 | Weatherfield County Court | Guilty (6 months imprisonment (suspended for 2 years)) | |
| Deirdre Rachid | Conspiracy to obtain a mortgage by fraud, obtaining a credit card by deception, 2 counts of obtaining goods and services by deception & 8 counts of illicitly withdrawing sums of £500 | Guilty (18 months imprisonment) | Deirdre was convicted despite being innocent of all crimes. Acquitted in April 1998 when Jon's wife Mary Docherty provided proof of Deirdre's innocence. | ||
| Jez Quigley | Murder of Tony Horrocks | 7th August 2000 - 11th August 2000 | Weatherfield Crown Court | Not guilty | Jez was acquitted despite being guilty of the crime. |
| Jim McDonald | Manslaughter of Jez Quigley | 30th November 2000 - 1st December 2000 | Weatherfield Crown Court | Guilty (8 years imprisonment) | Jim pleaded guilty in the hope he would get a reduced sentence. Released in November 2007 on good behaviour. |
| Ken Barlow | Assault on Aidan Critchley | 6th January 2003 | Weatherfield Magistrates Court | Guilty (12 month conditional discharge) | Ken pleaded guilty to the crime. |
| Les Battersby | Assault on Mick Hopwood | 19th May 2003 | Weatherfield Crown Court | Guilty (6 months imprisonment) | Les was convicted despite being innocent of the crime. Released in August 2003. |
| Rita Sullivan | Assault causing actual bodily harm on a minor | 2nd February 2004 | Weatherfield Magistrates Court | Guilty (£500 fine & £500 compensation) | |
| Scooter Makuna | Theft | 29th July 2005 | Weatherfield Magistrates Court | Guilty (£100 fine & community service) | Scooter pleaded not guilty to the crime. |
| Kelly Crabtree | 5 counts of theft | 24th May 2006 | Weatherfield Magistrates Court | Guilty (25 weeks imprisonment (suspended for 2 years)) | Kelly pleaded guilty despite being innocent of all crimes. |
| Tracy Barlow | Murder of Charlie Stubbs | 26th March 2007 - 2nd April 2007 | Weatherfield Courts of Justice | Guilty (Life imprisonment (15 years minimum)) | Released on bail in December 2010 when a forensic expert from her trial was found to have falsified qualifications. |
| Kevin Webster | Assault on John Stape | 11th January 2008 | Weatherfield Magistrates Court | Guilty (28 day custodial sentence) | Released in late January 2008. |
| David Platt | Multiple counts of criminal damage and assault | 11th April 2008 - 18th April 2008 | Weatherfield Magistrates Court | Guilty (4 months detention & training order) | David pleaded guilty to all crimes. Released in June 2008. |
| Becky Granger | Criminal damage | 26th November 2008 | Weatherfield Magistrates Court | Not guilty | Becky was acquitted despite being guilty of the crime. |
| John Stape | Kidnap and false imprisonment of Rosie Webster | 19th January 2009 | Weatherfield Crown Court | Guilty (2 years imprisonment (1 year for parole)) | Released in November 2009. |
| Gary Windass | Malicious wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm | 2nd March 2009 | Weatherfield Crown Court | Not guilty | Gary was acquitted when Tina McIntyre admitted that it was David Platt who started the fight between him and Gary. |
| Gail McIntyre | Murder of Joe McIntyre | 31st May 2010 - 10th June 2010 | Weatherfield Crown Court | Not guilty | |
| Fiz Stape | Murder of Joy Fishwick, Charlotte Hoyle & Colin Fishwick | 24th October 2011 - 27th October 2011 | Weatherfield Crown Court | Guilty (Murder of Colin Fishwick; Life imprisonment (15 years minimum)) | Fiz was found guilty despite being innocent of all crimes. Acquitted in November 2011 after the real culprit, her husband John Stape confessed to all his crimes. |
| Frank Foster | Rape of Carla Connor | 30th January 2012 - 3rd February 2012 | Weatherfield Crown Court | Not guilty | Frank was acquitted despite being guilty of the crime. |
| Tyrone Dobbs | 3 counts of actual bodily harm on Kirsty Soames | 25th March 2013 - 29th March 2013 | Weatherfield Crown Court | Not guilty | Tyrone was acquitted after Kirsty burst into court and admitted that she was the one abusing Tyrone. |
| Peter Barlow | Murder of Tina McIntyre | 13th October 2014 - 20th October 2014 | Weatherfield Crown Court | Guilty (Life imprisonment (15 years minimum)) | Peter was convicted despite being innocent of the crime. Released in November 2014 when the real culprit, Rob Donovan, was arrested and charged. |
| Izzy Armstrong | Possession of cannabis & assaulting a police officer | 13th June 2016 | Weatherfield Magistrates Court | Guilty (2 month custodial sentence) | |
| Clayton Hibbs | Murder of Kylie Platt | 17th October 2016 - 24th October 2016 | Weatherfield Crown Court | Guilty (Life imprisonment (15 years minimum)) | |
| Maria Connor | Unlawfully helping an illegal immigrant remain in the country | 24th December 2016 | Guilty (12 months imprisonment) | Maria pleaded guilty to the crime. Released in March 2017. | |
| Nathan Curtis | Rape of Bethany Platt & conspiracy to commit rape | 2nd October 2017 - 4th October 2017 | Weatherfield Crown Court | Guilty (unknown custodial sentence) | |
| Neil Clifton | Rape of Bethany Platt | Guilty (unknown custodial sentence) | |||
| Ian Yardley | |||||
| Christopher Blackthorn | |||||
| Duncan Edditon | |||||
| Billy Mayhew | Assault on Peter Barlow | 21st December 2017 | Weatherfield Magistrates Court | Guilty (community service) | Billy pleaded guilty to the crime. |
| Anna Windass | Grievous bodily harm | 19th January 2018 - 22nd January 2018 | Weatherfield Crown Court | Guilty (5 years imprisonment) | Anna was convicted despite being innocent of the crime. Released on bail in May 2018 after the truth about Pat Phelan's crimes came to light. |
| David Platt | Grievous bodily harm | 23rd May 2018 | Weatherfield Crown Court | Guilty (18 months imprisonment (suspended for 2 years) & 100 hours community service) | David's sentence was reduced when Gary Windass refused to testify and defended David in court. |
| Abi Franklin | Criminal damage, theft & resisting arrest | 16th November 2018 | Weatherfield Magistrates Court | Guilty (16 week custodial sentence) | Abi pleaded guilty to all crimes despite being innocent of criminal damage. Released in January 2019. |
| Duncan Radfield | Fraud, bribery & money laundering | 21st November 2018 - 26th November 2018 | Weatherfield Crown Court | Guilty (2 year suspended sentence & 200 hours community service) | |
| Sally Metcalfe | Guilty (4 years imprisonment & return stolen money) | Sally was convicted, despite being innocent of all crimes, as she was framed by Duncan. Sally was released in January 2019 after Duncan's presumed dead wife May Radfield convinced him to tell the truth. | |||
| Johnny Connor | Perverting the course of justice | 6th February 2019 | Weatherfield Crown Court | Not guilty | Johnny and Jenny's cases were dismissed when Liz McDonald couldn't bring herself to testify against them. |
| Jenny Connor | Dangerous driving causing grievous bodily harm | Not guilty | |||
| Nick Tilsley | Theft & money laundering | 12th July 2019 | Weatherfield Crown Court | Guilty (2 years imprisonment (suspended for 2 years)) | Nick pleaded guilty to both crimes. Nick's sentence was suspended due to it being his first offence and because of his brain injury. |
| David Platt | Money laundering | Guilty (4 months imprisonment & 4 months on licence) | David pleaded guilty to the crime. David was given a custodial sentence because his previous suspended sentence was activated. | ||
| Josh Tucker | Rape of David Platt & 1 other count of rape | 3rd January 2020 - 8th January 2020 | Weatherfield Crown Court | Guilty (15 years imprisonment) | |
| Fiz Stape | Possession of a firearm without a licence | 15th January 2020 | Weatherfield Magistrates Court | Guilty (4 months imprisonment (suspended for 2 years) & £500 fine) | Fiz pleaded guilty to the crime. |
| Yasmeen Metcalfe | Attempted murder of Geoff Metcalfe | 2nd December 2020 - 7th December 2020 | Weatherfield Crown Court | Not guilty | |
| Johnny Connor | Historic aggravated burglary | 8th January 2021 | Weatherfield Crown Court | Guilty (8 month custodial sentence) | Johnny pleaded guilty to the crime. Released in May 2021. |
| Paul Foreman | Assault | 1st February 2021 | Weatherfield Magistrates Court | Guilty (12 month community order, 130 hours unpaid work & 20 hours anger management) | Paul pleaded guilty to the crime. |
| Gary Windass | Perverting the course of justice | 19th April 2021 | Weatherfield Crown Court | Guilty (8 months imprisonment) | Gary was released immediately due to time already served on remand. |
| Faye Windass | Grievous bodily harm | Guilty (3 years imprisonment) | Faye pleaded guilty to the crime. Released on bail in November 2021. | ||
| Harvey Gaskell | Possession of a class A substance with intent to supply | 23rd June 2021 - 25th June 2021 | Weatherfield Crown Court | Guilty (unknown custodial sentence) | |
| Hope Stape | Arson being reckless as to whether life would be endangered | 20th August 2021 | Weatherfield Magistrates Court | Guilty (youth rehabilitation order) | Hope pleaded guilty to the crime. |
| Corey Brent | Murder of Seb Franklin | 1st September 2021 - 10th September 2021 | Weatherfield Crown Court | Not guilty | Corey was acquitted despite being guilty of the crime. |
| Kelly Neelan | Guilty (Life imprisonment (15 years minimum)) | Kelly was convicted despite being innocent of the crime. Acquitted in November 2021. | |||
| Ryan Connor | Theft | 10th August 2022 | Weatherfield Magistrates Court | Guilty (community service) | Ryan pleaded guilty to the crime. |
| Toyah Habeeb | Murder of Imran Habeeb | 15th September 2022 - 18th September 2022 | Weatherfield Crown Court | Not guilty | Toyah was acquitted despite being guilty of the crime. |
| Blake Myers | Attempted murder of Alya Nazir & preparation of terrorist acts | 30th January 2023 | Weatherfield Magistrates Court | Guilty (12 years imprisonment) | Blake pleaded guilty to both crimes. |
| Max Turner | Encouragement of terrorism | Guilty (10 month detention & training order (5 months minimum)) | Max pleaded guilty to the crime. | ||
| Damon Hay | Possession of a class A substance with intent to supply | 12th April 2023 | Weatherfield Magistrates Court | Not guilty | Damon was acquitted despite being guilty of the crime after evidence was found inadmissible. |
| Paul Foreman | Car theft | 26th May 2023 | Weatherfield Magistrates Court | Guilty (unknown suspended sentence) | Paul pleaded guilty to the crime. Paul avoided receiving a custodial sentence as he had been recently diagnosed with motor neurone disease. |
| Justin Rutherford | Grievous bodily harm with intent | 31st May 2023 - 5th June 2023 | Weatherfield Crown Court | Guilty (10 years imprisonment) | |
| Bernie Winter | Handling stolen goods | 4th December 2023 | Weatherfield Magistrates Court | Guilty (3 months imprisonment (1.5 months minimum)) | Bernie pleaded guilty to the crime. Released in January 2024. |
| Simon Barlow | Leaving the scene of an accident, failure to report an accident & driving under the influence | 13th March 2024 | Weatherfield Magistrates Court | Guilty (6 month driving ban & 80 hours community service) | Simon pleaded guilty to all crimes. |
| Dylan Wilson | Possession of a bladed article in a public place | 20th March 2024 | Weatherfield Magistrates Court | Guilty (community service order) | Dylan pleaded guilty to the crime. |
| Mason Radcliffe | Threatening with a bladed article in a public space | 8th April 2024 | Weatherfield Magistrates Court | Guilty (unknown custodial sentence) |