List of Emmerdale characters introduced in 2008

He bullied Donna due to her gender - a woman being in the police force - and also for being married into the Dingle family, who had a prominent criminal record.

Shane asks Jasmine out on a date but she only becomes interest in him when he arrests Danielle Hutch (Nicola Stapleton), a girl with ties to The McFarlanes.

[3] Jasmine's friend Debbie Dingle then arrives and knocks Shane unconscious by hitting him over the head with a chair.

Shaken by the recent turn of events, Debbie and Jasmine enlist the help of Eli Dingle and they dump Shane's body in the lake.

Val's son, Paul Lambert, orders Bonnie to ring her daughter so she can leave, but later discovers that she rung the Talking Clock.

The following day he tries to get rid of her, but is only successful when Ashley Thomas tells her that if she is to stay at the Vicarage it will have to be in separate rooms and with no alcohol.

[4] Danielle is introduced as a friend of Eli Dingle (Joseph Gilgun) from his past and described as a "streetwise Londoner".

"I'm really looking forward to starting filming and I think viewers can expect some interesting encounters as we explore the relationship between Danielle and Eli.

In February 2009, Danielle arrives in the same prison wing as Debbie Dingle, who has been charged with murdering Shane Doyle.

Later that month he leaves the Woolpack to start helping at the farm again, after Val Pollard asked Andy to employ as she was getting annoyed with him.

[5] Lee first appears on 4 November 2008, when he accompanies his grandfather to Butler's Farm - run by Jo Sugden - to sort out a problem over cattle.

Over the following weeks, Mick and Lee help Jo out with the farm, which she is struggling to run after separating from her abusive husband Andy.

In late December, Lee catches Andy sabotaging the washing machine so Jo will ask him over to do the repair.

In April, Lee is rushed to hospital after Natasha and Mark find him on the estate having got his foot caught in a poacher's trap.

Lee, already planning to apply for a gamekeeper job elsewhere, packs his bags that day and leaves the village.

Detective Sergeant Nicholas "Nick" Henshall, played by Michael McKell, was a local police officer.

[6] The fire claimed the lives of Terry Woods (Billy Hartman) and Viv Hope (Deena Payne).

[6] Detective Constable Henshall is first seen when he and DS Karen Williams (Annie Fitzmaurice) investigate the murder of policeman Shane Doyle (Paul McEwan) and they initially arrest Eli Dingle (Joseph Gilgun) for the murder and he implicates Debbie Dingle (Charley Webb) and Jasmine Thomas (Jenna-Louise Coleman) as being Shane's killers and Henshall and Williams arrest and charge Debbie with the murder.

Henshall investigates the disappearance of Will Wylde (Oscar Lloyd) and later questions Cain Dingle (Jeff Hordley) about a break-in.

He and DC Laura Prior initially arrest Nathan Wylde (Lyndon Ogbourne), but release him without charge due to a lack of evidence.

Henshall investigates the theft of two horses from Home Farm and he later buys stable manager, Katie Sugden a drink.

David Metcalfe (Matthew Wolfenden) eventually finds Jacob in an old building and rescues him, despite Henshall telling him to wait.

Katie and her housemates, Gennie Walker (Sian Reese-Williams) and Chas Dingle (Lucy Pargeter), receive prank calls and they are later burgled.

Henshall hides and watches as Carl King (Tom Lister), Andy and other residents try to put the fire out.

The fire spreads and kills Terry Woods and Viv Hope when the Post Office catches alight.

Henshall talks to Andy's landlords John (James Thornton) and Moira Barton (Natalie J. Robb) and they agree not to press charges.

Henshall's colleague DC Laura Prior (Elaine Glover) warns him to stay away from the case and that she knows that he withheld information from Katie and Carl's statements.

Katie discovers her stolen bracelet and Henshall locks the front door and starts to barricade the house.

Henshall tells Katie that he tried to save his wife and that it was his fault she died as their home was targeted by some criminals he had arrested and imprisoned.

Prior and Foster call round to question Henshall after discovering he is responsible for starting the fire and realise that Katie is in the house.