Gary Windass is now keeping a secret from his wife Maria after seemingly putting his bad boy ways behind him in Coronation Street.
The reformed character arrived in Weatherfield in 2008, marking actor Mikey North's big break. Fans of the ITV soap have watched the builder turned debt collector Gary become a soap villain after causing the death of Rana Habeeb in the Underworld factory sabotage before killing Rick Neelan.
Gary had to resort to desperate measures his murderous secret finally came to light after three years of being hidden in 2022.
Luckily for Gary, it was just Laura Neelan who found out he killed her estranged husband Rick and not the whole of Weatherfield.
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