ceremony. After Gennie is killed in a car crash, Katie gives Brenda flowers and offers her condolences. Katie also makes her peace with Victoria and later comforts Chas over her loss. Declan finds Katie mourning Gennie alone and offers his comfort. He tries to make amends with her, but she mistakenly believes that was only showing concern as he wanted to know if she would tell anyone about the body and she leaves angrily. Nicola offers to get Katie's belongings from Home Farm for her, but she refuses, deciding to go herself. Nicola attempts to get Declan to rehire Katie and allow her to bring her business back to Home Farm, but he refuses. Katie tells Chas about the body and Chas advises her to keep it to herself in case she implicated herself in the cover-up. Still upset over Gennie's death and after reminiscing to Brenda about Gennie, Katie makes an anonymous phone call to the police and reports the dead body. Fearing that Declan would attempt to implicate her in the cover up, Katie leaves the village. Whilst she is away, the police, investigating Alex's murder, suspect Declan of killing her in order to silence her over Alex's death. Katie returns for Alan Turner's (Richard Thorp) funeral. She is happy to see Andy again but is unnerved by Declan's hostility towards her. Katie stays with Declan briefly at Home Farm before demanding he help her find a new home and she moves into Debbie's old house, Tug Ghyll. Declan later gives Katie some papers, telling her they are just finalisations of their divorce but Robbie tells her that since her name is on the deeds to Andy's house, her signing the papers would give Declan permission to sell the property. Katie arranges a meeting with businessman Gil Keane (David Easter) who wants to buy all the properties that Declan is selling and refuses to allow the sale of Andy's house. Without the full set of properties, Gil withdraws his offer. Upon discovering this, Declan is enraged and confronts Katie and threatens her but leaves when Diane Sugden (Elizabeth Estensen) comes in. Katie flirts with Ross Barton (Michael Parr) after meeting him at Home Farm. Declan sees the together and accuses Katie of helping Ross when he discovers that Ross had been stealing cars from guests at a wedding event he was hosting. Ross later meets Katie again and