Gary Windass

Gary Was the  troubled son of Eddie and Anna Windass and often hung round with his Uncle Len who was the source of his  scrapes.When the Windass family refused to pay for a kitchen fitted by Joe McInTyre Joe,s daughter Tina and her boyfriend David Platt.Gary and Ken then destroyed the Platte kitchen in retaliation.When Eddie and Anna rented a flat from Jerry Morton Gary became David,s next door neighbor.Gary helped his Uncle steal tools from Joe and repeatedly taunted David over his dodgy past.the animosity eventually caused David to hit Gary and Gary to respond With a vicious assault.David tried to make Tina lie in court and say Gary had thrown the first Punch but she decided to tell the truth and Gary got off With a suspended sentence. Following this David Stole Bill Websters tools then provided Gary with a false alibi.Knowing that Gary needed money David staged a burglary at his grandmothet Audrey Robberts house hoping to get Gary arrested which he achieved by calling the cops.though before Gary,s imprisonment he was able to exact some revenge on David by telling the cops of David,s involvement resulting in David being shunned by street residents.after being released from Prison Gary encountered a battered David and implied he had been responsible for arranging the beating using it as a warning for David to stay out of his Way in future.after feeling guilty over disparaging remarks he had made about the army Gary was inspired by the stories told by David,s grandfather Ted Page to enlist.While in the army Gary became close with fellow squadie Quinny.While on leave Gary had a brief  romance With Izzy Armstrong.When Quinny Was Killed trying to save Gary he began to experience PTSD and was discharged from the army after he assaulted a cop While on a night out with David.When Anna and Eddie fostered Faye Butler Gary Helped her Warm to her parents.Gary,s PTSD caused the relationship to collapse as he was paranoid  she would be danger if she left home and even tried to keep her from doing so.Gary and Izzy later got back together and he worked as a laborer for her dad Owen.After suffering a miscarriage Izzy and Gary decided to use a surrogate and hired Tina McIntyre.there some initial issues When Tina gave birth to Gary,s son Jake as Tina didn,t want to give the baby up but ultimately she let Gary and Izzy have him.after Gary confronted Owen,s business partner Pat Phelan,Phelan goaded him about his mother causing Gary to lose his temper and Knock Phelan out with a wooden plank.Phelan then used this to blackmail Owen and Gary into finishing the project they were working on for no-profit and only released them after Anna agreed to sleep with him.Gary Was largely blamed for the financial situation Which put a strain on his relationship With Izzy .Gary cheated on Izzy With Alya Nazir.Izzy ended the relationship after learning of Gary,s betrayal.Alya ended the relationship due to the disapproval of her father Kal.Desperate for money Gary attempted to steal from local cafe owner Roy Cropper Who assaulted him with a baseball bat.Gary,s guilt about stealing from someone he knew caused him to lie about the amount of times Roy hit him.Gary later  went to see Roy in order to apologize and expressed a desire to change his ways.Roy then gave Gary employment.