mother to Beth. Liam stops the kiss, knowing that Cindy is upset. Liam develops a sexual relationship with Cindy. Liam supports Cindy through her parental struggles, but Beth is eventually handed over to TJ. Ian throws Cindy out, so Liam hides her in his room, which Carol eventually discovers. Cindy tells Liam that Bobby killed Lucy and Liam threatens to tell the police, but Ian gives Liam and Cindy a ticket to leave for good. Carol finds out about this and Liam demands £100,000 for him and Cindy to leave Walford to live with Ricky in Germany or he tells Carol and the police that Bobby killed Lucy. However, Ricky informs Liam he cannot take any money, but he relents when Jane promises him recurring payments. He and Cindy then leave Walford together after saying goodbye to their families. Liam returns to Walford in October 2021, deciding to reunite with Tiffany and Whitney. He enters into a rivalry with Tiffany’s husband Keegan Butcher-Baker (Zack Morris) over his liaison with Dotty Cotton (Milly Zero), which has ended his marriage with Tiffany. Keegan becomes suspicious of Liam, and he tells Tiffany that he is running a garage in Germany, but it is discovered that he has been lying and is penniless. Liam decides to stay in Walford to help Tiffany recover from her separation with Keegan, and approaches Ben Mitchell (Max Bowden) for a job at The Arches. He soon starts to ignore Cindy's calls and is confronted by her brother, Peter Beale (Dayle Hudson), when Cindy asks Peter for money. He schemes with his aunt Janine Butcher (Charlie Brooks) and Billy Mitchell (Perry Fenwick) to steal cars and sell them. One of their operations is nearly unsuccessful when Liam accidentally abducts Frankie Lewis (Rose Ayling-Ellis) when she is trapped inside the booth of the car. He turns on Janine when she refuses to give him his share of the money, and is later manipulated by her to steal the car keys of one of Tiffany's clients. Keegan suspicions of Liam continues and he exposes his plans to Tiffany, but Liam deceives her. He drives a wedge between the pair by convincing Tiffany to start dating resident Aaron Monroe (Charlie Wernham), making Keegan jealous. After receiving money from his quick money schemes, Liam decides to return to Germany, and Tiffany decides to follow him after the breakdown of her fling with Aaron.