Changes: Patricia Hillman

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Patricia Hillman was the ex-wife of Richard Hillman, who unexpectedly turned up in Weatherfield during May 2002 wanting Richard to buy out her 20% share in their joint business, Kellet Holdings.

Although having reached an agreement to sell her share of the business to him for £25,000 a financially-strapped Richard kept stalling his ex-wife, who finally grew impatient of being fobbed-off and demanded that she be paid by the following day. With the money still not forthcoming and Richard now refusing to acknowledge her phone calls, Patricia called round to 8 Coronation Street to confront him.

Following her unnerving remarks, Richard promptly ushered Patricia out of the house - not wanting his fiancée Gail Platt or her family to find out about the true extent of his financial problems. He took Patricia to The Ridings, a house just off Crimea Street - the development where new flats were due to be built - to explain that he was unable to pay her.

After Patricia threatened to expose Richard as a cheat and a liar, and arguing about how much her investment was now worth, Patricia stumbled into a trench due for underpinning the following day. Instead of helping her, Richard let his anger burst out and grabbed a nearby spade. He hit her over the head with it and the force of the blow killed her instantly. Following the approval of a building inspector, the underpinning work finally went ahead, as arranged, the next day. The process of pouring the concrete was halted when Steve McDonald found a woman's bracelet lying in the trench but Richard was quick to conjure up a story that it belonged to a potential buyer and took the bracelet off him. Work recommenced and Patricia's body was buried underneath the concrete.

Her body was eventually dug up in February 2003 when police ordered excavation of the site following Richard's confession of his heinous crimes to wife, Gail.

List of appearances

2002

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 | character name   = Patricia Hillman
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+| image            = [[File:Patricia Hillman.jpg|200px]]
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 | father           =
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-| sibling(s)       = [[Charlotte Morris]]
+| sibling(s)       =
 | spouse(s)        = [[Richard Hillman]] (1997)
 | children         =
 | first appearance = [[Episode 5265 (12th May 2002)|12th May 2002]]
 | last appearance  = [[Episode 5270 (20th May 2002)|20th May 2002]]
-| duration         = [[2002]]
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 | played by        = [[Annabelle Apsion]]
+|number of appearances = 4
 }}
+'''Patricia Hillman''' was the ex-wife of [[Richard Hillman]], who unexpectedly turned up in [[Weatherfield]] during [[May 2002]] wanting Richard to buy out her 20% share in their joint business, [[Kellet Holdings]].
+Although having reached an agreement to sell her share of the business to him for £25,000 a financially-strapped Richard kept stalling his ex-wife, who finally grew impatient of being fobbed-off and demanded that she be paid by the following day. With the money still not forthcoming and Richard now refusing to acknowledge her phone calls, Patricia called round to [[8 Coronation Street]] to confront him.
-'''Patricia Hillman''' (née '''Morris''') was introduced as the ex-wife of [[Richard Hillman]], and attempted to get back her money that she had invested in his business.
+Following her unnerving remarks, Richard promptly ushered Patricia out of the house - not wanting his fiancée [[Gail Platt]] or her [[Platt family|family]] to find out about the true extent of his financial problems. He took Patricia to [[2 The Ridings|The Ridings]], a house just off [[Crimea Street]] - the development where new flats were due to be built - to explain that he was unable to pay her.
-Arguing about how much her investment was now worth, Patricia stumbled into a trench due for underpinning the following day. Instead of helping her, Richard let his anger burst out, and grabbed a nearby spade. He hit her with it, killing her instantly. Her body was buried under cement where the new flats where to be built.
+After Patricia threatened to expose Richard as a cheat and a liar, and arguing about how much her investment was now worth, Patricia stumbled into a trench due for underpinning the following day. Instead of helping her, Richard let his anger burst out and grabbed a nearby spade. He hit her over the head with it and the force of the blow killed her instantly. Following the approval of a [[Jack Henshaw|building inspector]], the underpinning work finally went ahead, as arranged, the next day. The process of pouring the concrete was halted when [[Steve McDonald]] found a woman's bracelet lying in the trench but Richard was quick to conjure up a story that it belonged to a potential buyer and took the bracelet off him. Work recommenced and Patricia's body was buried underneath the concrete.
-Patricia's body was eventually dug up in [[2003]] after Richard confessed to killing her and other [[Coronation Street, Weatherfield|Street]] residents, and then killing himself.
+Her body was eventually dug up in [[February 2003]] when police ordered excavation of the site following Richard's confession of his heinous crimes to wife, Gail.
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+==List of appearances==
+'''2002'''
+*[[Episode 5265 (12th May 2002)|Sun 12th May]]
+*[[Episode 5266 (13th May 2002)|Mon 13th May]]
+*[[Episode 5269 (19th May 2002)|Sun 19th May]]
+*[[Episode 5270 (20th May 2002)|Mon 20th May]]
 [[Category:Coronation Street characters]]
 [[Category:2002 minor characters]]
 [[Category:2002 deaths]]
 [[Category:1997 marriages]]
+[[Category:Hillman family]]