Park's resignation occurred when the programme was resolving its notorious "Deirdre in prison" storyline. After falling for airline pilot Jon Lindsay, Deirdre Rachid had discovered to her cost that her partner was a fraud, and was sentenced to 18 months in prison after being found guilty of his crimes. The storyline was very well received and generated a lot of press attention, with The Sun and The Guardian entering into the spirit of the occasion by calling for Deirdre's release, dubbing the campaign "Free the Weatherfield One". Deirdre was pardoned after three weeks when another victim of Jon's came forward. Her cellmate in prison was Jackie Dobbs, played by Margi Clarke who reprised her character full-time in November. Jackie was accompanied in her second stint by her oafish but kind-he