(Final line, before driving his family into Fandom may earn an affiliate commission on sales made from links on this page.Fandom may earn an affiliate commission on sales made from links on this page. Furthermore, the plans for the bail hostel had also fallen through and as a result the flats he owned began to sell. Audrey tells Gail this who also learns that Richard has lied about several matters connected to his ex-wife's disappearance. I LOVE YOU!" He kidnapped Gail, Sarah, Gail's son Richard managed to escape from the car, but drowned in the process, and his body was later identified by Gail and Audrey. Gail overheard Steve in the pub talking about the bracelet and how he'd found it, not Richard. Towards the end of March 2003, Richard's funeral takes place; with Archie carrying out the ceremony and Gail reluctantly attending alone to ensure that her killer husband was laid to rest for good. Richard was now guilt-ridden, as he realised that there had been no need for him to harm Emily or Maxine. Patricia owns 20% of Kellett Holdings, which Richard finally persuades her is worth £25,000. That night, she confronted him back at the house. Tommy then goes back in the water to try and save Richard, but finds that he has escaped from the car. Gail recalled seeing Richard at the medicine cabinet containing the tablets on the night of the murder, and that he had disappeared from the party for a while and started to piece everything together. In June 2001, he turned up at Alma Halliwell's funeral - claiming to be her cousin - whereupon he met her friend Gail Platt. Sometime later, Richard's mother has died and Richard married his second wife - Richard Hillman makes his first appearance in Weatherfield when he attends the funeral of a local female resident, Richard's dealings are soon questioned after local shopkeeper In May 2002, Richard's ex-wife, Patricia, inconveniently turns up as Richard finalizes his and Gail's wedding plans.
He comes across as this normal nice guy on the outside but if people knew what he’d done they’d be stunned. Speaking of playing Richard, Capron said: "He’s a wonderful character to play and I’m enjoying every minute of it. Gail is shocked at the sight of her children tied up by Richard.A couple of weeks later, Richard returned to the street. However, Richard soon returns to Weatherfield with a last-ditch familicide intent: he seeks to be with Gail and her children by his side forever by killing them and himself altogether. It was where I’d cleared the desk and one of those phones, normal phones flew up and landed [in between your bum cheeks],’ he laughed.‘Nobody told you, they removed it discreetly!, he continued. Richard later took it off him and gave it to Gail, saying it was a present for her. Gail and Richard are married on 26 July 2002. Corrie killer Richard Hillman reunited with his murder victim Maxine Peacock 16 years after her death. Whilst in The Rovers, Richard states to Gail that he does not care about Audrey and Archie's accusations because "he's won" before quickly correcting himself to "we've won" - which proves to be one of his fatal errors. The character's story arc began with Richard appearing in Eventually, Richard confessed his crimes to Gail in a two-hander episode on 24 February 2003. Upon returning from their honeymoon, Richard learns that his business is going downhill. In response to the news, Ashley confronts Gail over Maxine's murder and wishes her dead. In March 2003, Gail's efforts to overcome Richard's antics grow increasingly harder when the police begin investigating her husband's property company - "Kellett Holdings". Richard then confessed the murders and his plans. www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/legendary-corrie-serial-killer-richard-12231076 Richard "Charles" Hillman was a financial adviser and businessman who had been married twice prior to arriving in Weatherfield. Steve then reveals that he had found a necklace on the building site that Gail was currently wearing, the necklace Richard claimed he bought for her. Sarah visits Aiden in his detention centre where he adamantly tells her that he didn't commit the murder. As we all know, Hillman met his final end as he attempted to drown his stepfamily, including Gail Platt (Helen Worth) and her children David (Jack P Shephard) and Sarah-Louise (Tina O’Brien), but driving their car into a canal.The ambitious stunt has gone down in soap history, and appearing on ‘A Bond stunt scene put that together,’ he revealed to Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford. They try to get Richard to stop the car, which prompts him to drive the car into the canal - though not before he shouts out to Gail and her children that he "loves them". He and his first wife Marian tried for many years to have a baby without success.
To make matters worse, Gail is under suspicion of collaborating with Richard in his criminal activities when the police confirm that she had been working alongside him in his "company". He was later cremated by "This is it. Throughout his time on the soap, he turned from a conniving Asked how are people reacting to the storyline Brian Capron said in an interview with The character of Richard Hillman proved to be very successful with viewers and critics. ‘You had to lay there for a long time!’Talking of her time on the show, Tracy admitted that she missed it, after playing the character for eight years before the death.‘I would’ve gone back,’ she said. Speaking of playing Richard, Capron said: "He’s a wonderful character to play and I’m enjoying every minute of it.
The next day, her body is covered in tons of cement for the underpinnings.