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| - Andrew 'Andy' Sugden (né Hopwood) is the adoptive son of Jack and Sarah Sugden arriving in the village in 1996. Andy has two adoptive siblings, Robert and Victoria Sugden, and a half-brother, Darren Eden. Andy's upbringing was fraught with difficulty. His mother Trisha died when he was little and his father Billy was serving a custodial sentence in Strangeways Prison, leaving the young boy in the care of his grandmother. After she dies of a heart attack, Andy is fostered by the Sugden family; he had just recently befriended the son Robert when Andy was visiting the farm with a bunch of other kids. By 2000, Andy was officially adopted by Jack and Sarah, but their marriage ran into trouble and culminated in Sarah's death when Andy set fire to the barn in order to claim on the insurance money. This only led to Jack being accused of Sarah's murder. Andy's love life began in 2001 when he became infatuated with classmate Katie Addyman. Katie fell pregnant, much to the disapproval of Jack and her father Brian, but she miscarriaged. After moving into Butler's Farm in 2003, Andy and Katie started planning their wedding, but she had become bored of farm life and started an affair with Robert. After the truth spilled out, Andy accidentally shot Jack and Katie split. Andy later started a relationship with the underage Debbie Dingle, who fell pregnant with his child. Robert subsequently left the village after his spat with Andy resulted in the death of Max King. Katie returned after recuperating from injuries sustained in a car accident and she and Andy got back together, but they split up again after Andy started an affair with Jo Stiles. Andy was sentenced to three-years imprisonment for Sarah's murder and after his release a few weeks later, began physically abusing Jo. The abuse went on for months until Jo left just before Christmas. Worse was to come when Jack died a few weeks later while caring for his mother Annie in Spain. Andy then lost custody of his daughter Sarah, who went to go live with Debbie. Andy suffered a mental breakdown and was diagnosed with clinical depression, but he recovered as time passed. Sarah fell ill in 2011 and was diagnosed with Fanconi anaemia. After searching for donors and almost having luck with one, Andy and Debbie decided to try for another baby. Debbie gave birth to their son Jack in October 2012, and Sarah recovered from her illness. By 2014, after Andy had a relationship with his step-sister Bernice Blackstock, he and Katie reconciled and began planning another wedding. This was hampered somewhat by the return of Robert, and Andy's feud with his brother reignited. A few weeks after she and Andy remarry, and on Robert's wedding day to Chrissie White, Katie is killed when she is accidentally pushed through some rotting floorboards by Robert, whom she had just discovered had been having an affair with Aaron Livesy. After the truth about Katie's death came out, Andy was furious and brokered a deal with Ross Barton, in which Ross would kill Robert and Andy would kill Ross' brother Pete. Robert was shot, but Andy couldn't go with his part in the deal and backed out. Andy's time in the village started to come to an end when he began a fling with Chrissie. After finding out that Andy had slept with Bernice, who, by now, had become Chrissie's step-mother, Chrissie framed Andy for the accidental shooting of her father Lawrence which the real shooter was Chrissie's son Lachlan.. Andy fled the village on the day of his trial, with help from Robert and Bernice. His whereabouts are currently unknown.
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