out, Dennis came to live with the Battersbys. Janice, getting fed up of husband Les' romantic and good-tempered ways, eventually left him for Dennis. When he tried to commit suicide by gassing himself in his car on New Year's Eve, it was Dennis who came to his rescue. When Dennis tried to get Les to hospital, the car he was driving flipped over on a hill and it crashed into the field below. Dennis died in the Intensive Therapy Unit of Weatherfield General Hospital on New Year's Day 2002 whilst Les survived with minor injuries. In 2003, Janice fell in love with policeman Mick Hopwood (Ian Gain). This led to a verbal confrontation and a subsequent fight between Mick and Les, which was witnessed by Curly's ex-wife Emma; who was also a police officer. Despite the fact that Mick had initiated the violence, he and Emma committed perjury in court and got Les wrongfully jailed for six months. Janice initially applauded Mick for his "honesty", only to drop him in disgust when the truth was revealed. But despite Les' appeals, she refused to have him back too. Les met Cilla Brown, (Wendi Peters) who was working in a pub. In no time, Cilla and her young son Chesney (Sam Aston) moved in with Les, much to Cilla's teenage daughter Fiz's (Jennie McAlpine) disappointment, and Les and Chesney got on very well. In 2004, Cilla took a six-week break and dumped Chesney on Les after a fiery row. In this time, he finally came close to winning back his true love, Janice, after she decided to cancel their divorce proceedings to reunite with Les, but Cilla came on the scene and lured him back with her larger bust and by pretending to have come into money. Janice swore never to get involved with Les again, and divorced him. At this time, Cilla dramatised an incident in which Rita Sullivan (Barbara Knox) clipped Chesney round the ear for stealing sweets from the Kabin. Rita was ordered to pay compensation of £1,000, with Cilla promising to make her pay for what she did and Cilla herself showing no mercy for Rita's age. However, Les felt bad for Rita as they had been friends for years and eventually persuaded Cilla out of her scheme for £3,000. Around the same time, whilst on a night out with Steve McDonald Les discovered his daughter, Leanne, lap-dancing