the murder of her old friend Reg Cox (Johnnie Clayton), who was alleged to have died by accident nearly three decades ago. Horrified to have learned that it was Nick who killed Reg Cox all along, Dot brands her son evil and slaps him when he insults her. Nick then endures another effect of his drugging and requests his mother to phone an ambulance, to which she appears reluctant to do. Dot nonetheless complies, but stops at the last second and again contemplates her decision. When she returns, Dot admits to Nick that she does feel responsible for making him the monster that he is and starts lecturing over the trouble he caused in Walford ever since he killed Reg. It is then revealed that Dot never called the ambulance in the end, but instead prayed to let the circumstances decide whether Nick should live or die. As he takes his last breaths and accepting his fate, Nick apologises to Dot for all the trouble he caused for her and asks her to forgive him; Dot tells Nick to seek Jesus for forgiveness and watches as Nick ultimately succumbs to the overdose and dies in front of her. When Nick's dead body is later discovered, Dot wishes to accept punishment for this and decides to confess to the police; she is later charged with Nick's murder and subsequently imprisoned. Dot initially decides to plead guilty, believing she should atone for her sins in prison, but when Jim dies, she attends his funeral and realises how much her family needs her. She changes her plea and is cleared of murder at the court hearing; however, she is found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to prison for 14 months. Four months later, Dot is released and shares her regret with Ian that she did not report any of Nick's crimes earlier in life. Fatboy tells Dot he is spending Christmas with his father, but later his friend Vincent Hubbard (Richard Blackwood) discovers Fatboy's belongings amongst some blood in the boot of a crushed car and tells Dot that Fatboy is not coming back because of a job abroad. Dot takes salsa classes and works with her old friend Patrick Trueman (Rudolph Walker) to prepare for a salsa show, who mistakenly thinks she wants a relationship, but she actually sets him and Claudette Hubbard (Ellen Thomas) up on a date. Dot receives a