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| rdfs:comment | - Richard Charles Hillman was a financial advisor and businessman who had been married twice before arriving in Weatherfield. In June 2001 he turned up for Alma Halliwell's funeral, claiming to be her cousin. He began a relationship with Gail Platt.
- Richard "Charles" Hillman was a villainous character in the British soap opera Coronation Street, played by Brian Capron from June 2001 to March 2003. Introduced as the (alleged) cousin of Alma Halliwell, Richard developed a close relationship with Gail Platt. He appeared to be a successful financial adviser and good family man, however secretly had debt problems and a shady past. Although living the apparent perfect family life with Gail, Richard went to extreme measures to get out of his money issues, which led to three deaths (the latter being murders) and even attempted to murder Gail's mother Audrey.
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| type of villain | - Serial Killer
- Master Manipulator
- Criminal Mastermind
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| Goals | - making money, building his own family unit, sorting out debt problems
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| Origin | - Coronation Street Episode 5060
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| Alias | - Tricky Dick, "Norman Bates with a briefcase"
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| Hobby | - Spending time with his family
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| Occupation | - Businessman
- Property developer, Businessman, Con Artist
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| abstract | - Richard "Charles" Hillman was a villainous character in the British soap opera Coronation Street, played by Brian Capron from June 2001 to March 2003. Introduced as the (alleged) cousin of Alma Halliwell, Richard developed a close relationship with Gail Platt. He appeared to be a successful financial adviser and good family man, however secretly had debt problems and a shady past. Although living the apparent perfect family life with Gail, Richard went to extreme measures to get out of his money issues, which led to three deaths (the latter being murders) and even attempted to murder Gail's mother Audrey. Once his deceit was revealed, Richard attempted to drive his family into the canal, however he was the only one who perished. Despite his demise, Richard's memory cast a shadow over the Platt family for many years to come. Although not the first killer or villain to appear in the show, Richard Hillman was the first regular character to be a murderer.
- Richard Charles Hillman was a financial advisor and businessman who had been married twice before arriving in Weatherfield. In June 2001 he turned up for Alma Halliwell's funeral, claiming to be her cousin. He began a relationship with Gail Platt. Richard went into property development with Duggie Ferguson, but the partnership was troubled. Richard left Duggie for dead after he fell from a flight of stairs in The Ridings, a property they were selling, choosing to rob Duggie of his money rather than help him. When Richard was due to marry Gail later in the summer, his ex-wife Patricia came back threatening to tell everyone about what Richard was really like and ruin his business, so Richard killed her with a shovel and buried her body in the foundations of his new flats. Richard began to have financial troubles, and tried to kill his mother-in-law Audrey Roberts after finding out she was wealthy. He made her look like she was going insane and set her house on fire, making it look as if she had caused it. His attempts to kill her proved unsuccessful, so in January 2003 he decided to murder Emily Bishop instead, as he could inherit her house and money. Whilst babysitting for Joshua Peacock. He beat Emily over the head with a crowbar, however he was interrupted by Maxine, so Richard killed her when she started to panic. Emily survived the assault but was unaware that Richard was responsible. Richard confessed his crimes to Gail after she had grown increasingly suspicious of his actions, then fled the Street. He returned two weeks later, and tried to kill the family by tying them up in the car in the garage and gassing them. He then drove the car into Weatherfield Canal; they were all pulled out alive, but he drowned.
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