Marion Stowe was the blinkered, difficult mother of Candice Stowe, the rebellious friend of Sarah Platt. She felt that Sarah was a bad influence on her daughter, completing missing the point that of the two girls, it was Candice who was much more the trouble-causer. Her dislike of Sarah came about when she discovered that the thirteen-year old was pregnant in March 2000 and refused to allow Candice to see her friend any more. A furious Gail went round to the Stowe's house to remonstrate with her but the front door was slammed in her face. After Sarah gave birth to Bethany, Mrs Stowe next made an appearance in the August when she gate-crashed the party held at 8 Coronation Street to celebrate the baby's christening, angrily shouting at Candice for associating with "that little tramp" agains