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In the SCBU, Linda鈥檚 worried when Nancy and Lee report Mick left suddenly holding a letter. Dean arrives back at Patrick鈥檚 with the teddy bear and Shirley deduces he鈥檚 been to the hospital. Dean declares he won鈥檛 let Linda keep him from his baby, and produces paperwork to set up a children鈥檚 bank account to save for the future. Mick arrives at Patrick鈥檚 and explains they can check blood groups to determine who isn鈥檛 the baby鈥檚 father; he, Linda and the baby are all blood group O - if Dean isn鈥檛 an O too, he can鈥檛 be the father. Dean waits on tenterhooks while Shirley fetches test paperwork from when he was a child; his blood type is AB.

Mick鈥檚 jubilant while Dean covers his devastation. Mick declares he doesn鈥檛 need to have anything to do with any of them ever again and exits. Struggling, Dean claims he didn鈥檛 want to be lumbered with a kid and heads out for fish and chips. In the chip shop, Dean can鈥檛 bear it when Billy chats about Linda鈥檚 baby and bolts. In the hospital, Mick returns to his family with good news - the baby is one of them. Mick holds Linda as she cries with relief.

Dean returns to Patrick鈥檚 claiming there was a queue at the chip shop but nosy Billy鈥檚 hot on his tail with his abandoned order. Shirley鈥檚 concerned. In hospital, Linda names the baby Oliver - he鈥檚 always hungry for more. In Patrick鈥檚, Shirley presses Dean鈥檚 allowed to be upset 鈥� she knows what the baby meant to him. Dean claims he was just forward thinking and lashes out, raging about his own parents鈥� failures. Buster鈥檚 riled. Shirley reaches out for Dean but he sends her flying, accusing her of being happy for Mick. Dean rips the teddy bear in two and storms off. Shirley fears she鈥檚 lost both of her sons. Later, Dean鈥檚 sat in the allotments when Shabnam appears. As Dean rants he鈥檇 have been a good father, Shabnam blurts 鈥渟he told you?鈥�. Confused, Dean stares at Shabnam. Shabnam flees, leaving Dean to wonder鈥�

The jury finds Dot not guilty of murder, to cheers from her supporters, but their relief鈥檚 short lived when Dot鈥檚 found guilty of manslaughter. While the court鈥檚 adjourned before sentencing, Charlie questions Ritchie and Dot鈥檚 lawyer of the possibility of a suspended sentence given Dot鈥檚 age. Judge Richmond takes into consideration Nick鈥檚 treatment of Dot, but declares she still could have sought help for Nick, and sentences Dot to 14 months imprisonment. Later, in prison, Fatboy and Charlie beg Dot to appeal but Dot refuses and resigns to wait out her sentence - anything less wouldn鈥檛 be right.

Masood and Fatima make chit chat with Asim over tea. Shabnam鈥檚 eventually charmed by Asim鈥檚 jokes but when he mentions his plans to have children, she becomes hostile. Fatima ushers her out and demands to know what鈥檚 wrong. Asim follows and apologises for upsetting Shabnam but she blurts that she鈥檚 not ready. Fatima turfs Masood and Tamwar out of the house and confronts Shabnam alone, insisting she stop punishing herself for the past; seven years is a long time. Shabnam pales and tries to ignore Fatima as she presses that Shabnam must think about that day - any mother would. Shabnam finally asks if her daughter鈥檚 okay. Fatima explains she doesn鈥檛 keep in touch but made sure she was settled before leaving her adoptive parents to bring her up. Fatima wishes Shabnam had confided in her and urges her to tell Masood the truth. Alarmed, Shabnam forbids Fatima from saying anything. Later, she seeks solace in the allotments where she encounters Dean鈥�

A seething Phil wipes blood from his nose while Vincent reminisces about Phil鈥檚 father, jeering he lacked a killer instinct in the boxing ring, unlike Grant. Vincent thinks Phil doesn鈥檛 have it in him to kill Carl White, and contemplates who in the family does鈥� In court, Ronnie鈥檚 phone rings, 鈥楥arl White鈥� flashing up on the screen. Shaken Ronnie answers to Vincent, who knows she killed Carl and warns her to watch out for herself and her family. Back at the hospital, Ronnie worries to Phil, who reluctantly admits Vincent might prove difficult to handle. Ronnie insists Phil must watch out for Charlie, revealing Vincent鈥檚 threat.