| abstract | - John Stape was the on/off boyfriend of Fiz Brown until they married in 2009. John broke Fiz's heart several times with his constant trouble-making such as sleeping with Rosie Webster and kidnapping her, which resulted in him serving a custodial sentence in Highfield Prison. However, Fiz still gave John more chances, and after marrying him in prison he moved back with her once he was released and was gradually accepted back into the community. However John later began to miss teaching and stole ex-colleague Colin Fishwick's identity, and later concealed his body when he died. John began to take on a more sinister side after he murdered unstable Charlotte Hoyle who blackmailed him and covered her death to look like an accident on the site of a tram crash. A month later, he accidentally killed Colin's mother Joy when confessing the truth. John had a mental breakdown, but when he was released he tied up Fiz's brother Chesney, along with Charlotte's parents when they discovered the truth. When his crimes were unravelling, John wanted to flee with Fiz and their baby Hope, but when cornered jumped from the roof of Weatherfield General to end his life. However he somehow survived the fall and went on the run. Fiz was later accused of committing the murders and was locked up until her trial. John returned in October 2011, planning on helping to get her free, and kidnapped Rosie again to give her the story to tell the court, but he was chased by her dad Kevin and crashed his car, ending up in hospital. John managed to confess the truth to police in order to get Fiz off, and made up with her before suffering a fatal cardiac arrest.
- John Stape was a character in the British ITV Soap Opera Coronation Street appearing as a villainous but also quite tragic character from 2007 to 2011. He was played by Graeme Hawley.
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