| abstract | - Kevin John Webster is the majority owner of Websters' Auto Centre car repair garage in Coronation Street. He has been married to Sally Webster twice and is father of Rosie, Sophie and Jack. His first son, Jake, died shortly after birth in 2000. Kevin moved to the Street in 1984 with his father Bill and sister Debbie (his mother Alison died from cancer in 1980). Kevin was already working in the area as a mechanic at Tilsley's Garage, practicising a trade he has remained in unwaveringly since then. Cheerful and chirpy, Kevin was the salt of the earth, the perfect match for feisty Sally Seddon, whom he met in 1986. They got married nine months after meeting each other and bought No.13 from Hilda Ogden. Kevin liked an uncomplicated life; a job he enjoyed, a wife he adored, and the odd drink at his local with friends. But Kevin wasn't paid nearly enough to support the family after the births of Rosie in 1990 and Sophie in 1994, and eventually Sally went against his wishes by getting a job. By 1997 the couple were in a rut, and Kevin had an affair with Natalie Horrocks. When Sally found out she separated from Kevin and the following year they started divorce proceedings. While Kevin's heart arguably remained with Sally, he saw several other women during this period, most notably Alison Wakefield, who he married in 2000. They had a son, Jake, but after Jake's death from a Group B Streptococcus infection, Alison couldn't cope and threw herself under the wheels of a lorry. In 2002, Kevin finally persuaded Sally to take him back and they re-married, although Sally was doing it more for the girls' sake than because she loved Kevin. By this time, Kevin owned the garage on Coronation Street and ran it with Tyrone Dobbs. In 2009, Kevin fell for Tyrone's young bride Molly and they had an affair. Kevin called it off long before anyone found out, but the truth came out when Molly made a deathbed confession to Sally that her son Jack, born in 2010, was Kevin's. Kevin hoped that Sally would forgive him but she threw him out and pursued a second divorce.
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