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| - Christopher Hewitt is the youngest member of the Hewitt family, son of Harry and Concepta, half-brother of Lucille. Concepta began her contractions with Harry while making Jack Walker a brew in the Rovers. She was then rushed off to hospital, where Christopher was born. Born on 6th August 1962, Christopher was snatched from his pram outside Gamma Garments by the grieving female, Joan Akers. At the time the police suspected his sister of being involved in the disappearance and Concepta, distraught, was found wandering out the streets, crying out his name. Elsie Tanner became suspicious of Joan and discovered the baby in her possession after being invited into Joan's house and spotting baby Christopher and recognising him. He was then returned safe to his loving family and Joan was arrested. Concepta began to believe that a terraced house in a city suburb was not a healthy place to raise a child and so eventually persuaded Harry to relocate the family to Ireland. When his father died on a return visit to Weatherfield in 1967, his grieving mother returned to Ireland for the last time and Christopher was raised there. He gained a step-father when, in 1972, Concepta met and married Sean Regan. Christopher was in the programme as a time when small children rarely appeared due to the complexity of the continuous recording techniques and were never credited.
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