be left with nothing. When his condition deteriorates, Chris plans to settle his score with Charity once and for all by inviting her to Home Farm for a chat. As he prepares himself for this, Chris bids a tearful goodbye to Zoe and Joseph before thanking Terry for standing by him at all costs. When Charity arrives, she desperately seeks to rebuild their marriage – but Chris makes it clear that he will never forgive her for cheating on him with Cain and proposes a morbid toast, to "The Death of their Marriage". When Chris drinks his champagne, he suddenly collapses onto the floor and dies in the same spot where his father had died six years previously; his last words to Charity was 'whore'. Following Chris' death, Charity discovers his brain tumor before she ends up getting arrested on suspicion of his murder – as Chris had in fact poisoned his own drink in order to frame Charity for his death as revenge for her affair with Cain. In 2004, Charity is trialed for Chris' death and Zoe is determined to get her sent down for it. This initially becomes the case when Charity is found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment for Chris' death. Later on, Charity gives birth to a baby boy in prison and names the infant Noah (Alfie Mortimer); she soon alerts Zoe about this and urges her to do a DNA test, which soon confirms Noah's father to be Chris. Thereafter Charity forces Zoe to have her released from prison and drops the charges in exchange for selling her rights of Noah to Zoe. In doing so, Zoe has Charity released from prison. Over a decade later in 2017, Chris' now-adulted son Joe (now Ned Porteous) appears in the village – first appearing to be a successful entrepreneur named "Tom Waterhouse" who begins dating Debbie. In 2018, he reveals his identity to Debbie when it transpires that he is seeking revenge against Charity for his father's death. A few days later, Charity tells Noah (now Jack Downham) the truth of how Chris died and that he framed her for murder. A few months later, Kim returns to the village and is revealed to be the mastermind behind Joe's revenge against the Dingles. She mentions Chris on several occasions to the Dingles along with her third husband Graham Foster (Andrew Scarborough), who has earlier been