The Following Profile was submitted by
Jade Lucas and is ©2005 to Jade Lucas & emmerdale.org
Leanne first arrived in the street, back in July
1997 at the tender age of 16. She arrived with her father Les,
her step-mum Janice and her step-sister Toyah. The Battersby
family moved Into No. 5 and soon made a huge impression on
the street. Both parents had been in prison and both girls
had been cautioned by the police. And, they proved to be a
loudly bunch and turned into the neighbours from hell! They
were constantly up to no good shoplifting or just generally
causing trouble. The first person to get on the wrong side
of the Battersby’s was next door neighbour Curly Watt’s
he got a into a fight with the family over the how loud their
music was! It resulted in curly throwing the Stereo out the
window and Les head butting him for his troubles!
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However, Leanne proved to be more popular especially
with local boy Nick Tisley. There was an instant attraction
between the pair and they soon began dating. They fell in love
and became the Romeo and Juliet of the street, between warring
families, especially as Nick’s mum Gail hated Leanne
and did everything to split them up. But, they proved how much
they loved each other by marrying in secret on 30th January
1998 in a small registry office in Edinburgh, after lying to
their parents saying that they were off to a concert. It was
a small affair which two strangers as their witnesses, but
the pair where happy enough just to be declared husband and
wife.
However, not everyone was so pleased for the
couple least of all Gail! She went mad and disowned Nick and
through him out the house! But, that didn’t stop the
couple being together as they soon got their own place and
enjoyed marriage life… For a while. That was until Nick’s
grandfather Alf died tragically on Nick’s 18th birthday
party. Although, he did leave Nick some money behind, which
they used to go to Canada as the honeymoon they never had.
Everything was prefect, until they returned from holiday, Leanne
dropped a bombshell… She was pregnant! However, Nick
didn’t share Leanne’s joy he was scared of being
tied down, so he told Leanne to have an abortion and to pretend
than she had suffered a miscarriage. She agreed, but soon regretted
it and saw Nick for the spineless, pathetic loser that he really
was, and when he decided to run away to Canada in early 1999,
Leanne refused to go with him and said goodbye to her husband
and filed for a divorce.
However, never being one to dwell on things Leanne newly single
became involved with local bad boy Vikram and decided to change
her job and began work at the Rovers. She was soon pulling
as many men and pints; she became a party girl and soon became
addicted to cocaine. She then soon became involved with local
drug dealer Jez Quigley. Leanne began sleeping with Jez in
return for drugs but then soon wasn’t enough for him,
he wanted his money and as Leanne got more and more into debt
she got more and more desperate and found that robbing the
pub was the only way to get Jez his money. However, she changed
her mind at the last minute and ended up in hospital after
getting into a fight with one of Jez’s gang and terrified
for her life Leanne decided to leave Weatherfield and go travelling
with then boyfriend Mark Redman and in August 2000, Leanne
left Weatherfield and all her troubles behind for Amsterdam.
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No-one heard from Leanne until June 2004, when
she was discovered by her dad Les, his mate Patrick and Steve
working in a lap dancing club in Manchester. After, being groped
Leanne got into a fight and got thrown out of her house and
her job. So, she had no option, but to return to Weatherfield
and the Battersby household.
Leanne was soon stirring up trouble when she returned to the
street and soon made enemies with Frankie Baldwin and Maria
Sutherland. She also beat up Maria for what she did to Toyah
and after being reunited with her ex-husband Nick, she managed
to split up his engagement to Maria and drive him out of Weatherfield.
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Soon after Nick’s departure Leanne became
involved with new boy Jamie Baldwin and got herself a new job
at the café. Despite, an offer to move in with Jamie
and the fact that she loves him, Leanne can’t resist
danger, and has recently began an affair with Jamie’s
father Danny! However, the party may be over for Leanne soon,
when Frankie follows her to the hotel where she is spending
the night with Danny! Will this be the end of yet another good
relationship for Leanne? Or will she continue playing with
fire?
