Mr Khalil was Peter Barlow's solicitor when he was formally charged and tried for the murder of Tina McIntyre in 2014. In August of that year, Ken Barlow returned from a year away in Canada and heard for the first time about Peter's predicament. He visited his son in Highfield Prison where he saw that he had given up hope of anyone believing in his innocence and had sacked his duty solicitor. Ken met Mr Khalil at Nick's Bistro and asked him to take up his son's case. He said that he was only happy to do so if Peter instructed him himself but otherwise he was unable to do so. Ken pleaded with him but to no avail as it would be breaking the rules. Peter told Ken he was intending to plead guilty in the hope of a reduced sentence but unexpectedly it was Jim McDonald who persuaded him not to fo