Neil Fearns was a student at Weatherfield High and former classmate of Sarah Louise Platt. In late 1999 the pair had slept each other at the age of 12-years old, and the following year Sarah was shocked to discover that she was pregnant shortly after turning 13. Her parents Gail and Martin Platt wanted to see the father and Sarah had taken them to the school to point him out. The pair of them where shocked to discover that Neil was just a young lad himself, as Gail had expected the father to be an older boy taking advantage of Sarah.
When Sarah had received teasing and bullying at school for her pregnancy, Neil had approached her to ask if she was alright, but she told him to get lost. Neil's father Mr Fearns later visited Gail at her workplace Roy's Rolls offering to help with child support, however she had turned down his offer, saying that Neil may as well enjoy his childhood. Sarah later gave birth to a baby girl Bethany in June 2000, however Neil wouldn't see his daughter. On her first birthday, Neil's family sent the Platt family a cheque.
In September 2003, Neil was involved in a car crash and had died. Martin and Gail Platt broke the news to Sarah who was shocked at Neil's death but not overly emotional. At Martin's insistence, Sarah took Bethany to Neil's funeral where she met his mother, Brenda. Following Neil's death, Brenda became mentally unstable. She became attached to Bethany and kidnapped her after she began visiting her regularly. Bethany later was safely returned to her mother, and Brenda was left sobbing in the back of an ambulance.
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