Ste Hay

2006 Sleeps with schoolfriend and virgin Amy Barnes. Takes Amy and their mates joyriding but they crash and Amy nearly dies. Ste is up in court and disappears from the village.

2007 Ste returns to discover that Amy has had his baby, Leah, and they reunite and move into a council flat. Goes out on the rob to support his new family. Works for Loft owner Warren Fox and sets fire to Warren’s girlfriend Louise's salon Evissa when Warren sacks him. Deals drugs to make ends meet.

2008 Struggles to cope and beats up on Amy. Makes up a sob story that Leah has leukaemia when he's caught stealing but the lie spirals out of control and they are ostracised when the truth comes out. Amy leaves him and he attempts suicide but survives a fall.

Born on January 12 1986 in Eccles, Greater Manchester, Kieron comes from a large family and has four half-brothers and one half-sister.

When he was 11 he won a place at the prestigious David Johnson theatre school in Manchester and was in the same acting classes as former Corrie star Tina O'Brien. Kieron later moved schools and stayed to complete his 'A' Levels before joining the Manchester School of Acting. He was spotted by Corrie writer Darren Little, who put him in contact with acting agent Nigel Martin Smith.

Kieron's first TV role was in Hollyoaks' spin-off Hollyoaks Let Loose as a minor character called Jimmy Mitchell but the following year he was asked to play school bad boy Ste Hay in Hollyoaks. Kieron left the show after a brief stint and guest starred in ITV drama Heartbeat but not long after he was asked to return to the village as Ste.