Nick Horrocks was the husband of Natalie, who left her. Although he was initially annoyed that she was living with Kevin Webster, he took the opportunity to arrange a divorce from Natalie.
Nick appeared again in April 2000 at his son Tony's funeral after he was murdered by drug dealer Jez Quigley. At the service Nick was disgusted when Natalie showed no sadness over Tony's death, saying that their son was no good, as she blamed him for the death of her second husband Des Barnes and she refused to shed any tears for Tony. Nick also got into a fight with Des's brother Colin who also blamed Tony for Des's death and had come to the funeral to celebrate and make sure that Tony was dead.