| Wayne Hayes | |||||||
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| Coronation Street character | |||||||
| Portrayed by | Gary Damer | ||||||
| Introduced by | Jane MacNaught | ||||||
| Duration | 2000-01 | ||||||
| First appearance | 22 December 2000 | ||||||
| Last appearance | 24 December 2001 | ||||||
| Profile | |||||||
| Date of birth | 1987 | ||||||
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Wayne Hayes is a young teenager who is first seen breaking into Roy's Rolls cafe in search of food. Roy later sees Wayne in the Builder's Yard and invites him in for some food. Roy and Hayley discover that he lives in a children's home, but has run away from his mother's where he was to spend Christmas. Roy later witnesses Wayne's mother's boyfriend, Alex Swinton, hit him and they are unhappy about bringing him back to the children's home as he is evidently unhappy there.
Roy and Hayley grow close to Wayne and harbour hopes of fostering him, despite the presence of troublemaker Alex. Their application for fostering is approved in January 2001. In June 2001, Hayley bumps into Wayne and his mother, Sheila. It soon emerges that Alex is still hitting Wayne. When the social workers get involved, both Wayne and Sheila are forced to lie that no abuse is taking place. When Alex later offers Wayne to the Croppers in exchange for £10,000, Roy agrees to pay him, as they fear for Wayne's safety. Sheila decides that it would be best for Wayne to stay with the Croppers even after finding out about the deal.
When Alex starts to demand more money for Wayne, Hayley and Roy soon realise that they are backed into a corner as they do not have legal custody of Wayne. In July 2001, they decide that they need to get Wayne away from Alex for good and the three go on the run in Martin Platt's car. Events become serious when the media begin reporting that the Croppers have kidnapped Wayne. Amidst the media frenzy, the trio stay with an old friend of Hayley's, Ruth Audsley, in the countryside. Eventually Ruth informs the police of their whereabouts and Roy and Hayley are subsequently arrested for Wayne's abduction. Wayne is then returned to his mother and Alex, where he is threatened by Alex not to tell the police about their consent to him living with the Croppers. Alex is later arrested when Sheila makes a statement to the police, placing the Croppers in the clear.
On Christmas Eve 2001, Wayne reappears when he and Sheila visit Roy and Hayley at the Cafe.
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