Margaret Henrietta Beecham was a mentally ill woman who, in a delusional episode in September 1972, believed that she was responsible for the kidnapping of Jason Lomax and his pram from outside the Rovers Return Inn and that she'd murdered him. Fortunately, the police time taken up by Margaret did not affect the search, and Jason was found safe in his pram on waste ground by Betty Turpin and Emily Bishop almost immediately afterwards. The character was credited as "Mrs Beecham". Her full name was given in dialogue.