User:Tearfox/List of minor Coronation Street characters (2001)

The following is a list of minor characters that first appeared in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street in 2001, by order of first appearance.

Gary Adams
Gary Adams first appears on 15 July 2001 when fourteen-year old Sarah Platt comes to his home, having been in contact with him via an internet chatroom, where he has been posing as a teenager. At first he pretends to be Gary's father upon answering the door to Sarah as he invites her in and tells her she can wait for Gary. When he admits that he is actually Gary, Sarah is shocked as she realises that she has been lured into the home of a paedophile.

She calls friend Candice Stowe to come and get her. Meanwhile, Gary carries her upstairs and locks her in his bedroom, much to Sarah's terror. Candice and Todd Grimshaw go round to Gary's house. Candice spots Sarah in an upstairs window but Gary tells her that Sarah has gone home. Candice is worried and phones Sarah's mother Gail. Todd breaks into the house but trips and hits his head on the fire place. There is a scuffle as Dennis Stringer hits Gary and the police arrive and Sarah is rescued.

Later Gary presses charges against Dennis for assault but he is later released without charge. The police call at the Platts and tell them that they are charging Gary with false imprisonment but that they have had to release him on bail.