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Dan Jones is a fictional character and supporting antagonist of the British soap opera Coronation Street, appearing only as a major antagonist in 2015.

In his storyline, Dan is an ex-client of established character Leanne Battersby who previously misteated her back when she worked as a prostitute several years ago. Dan soon begins tormenting Leanne again when they paths cross and he begins dating her friend Liz McDonald, but ultimately his true nature is exposed and Dan is later arrested for hounding Leanne in retribution.

He is played by Andrew Paul.

Biography[]

Dan Jones was first introduced to Weatherfield in mid-June 2015 as a brewery representative who worked at Newton & Ridley. He soon visited The Rovers Return Inn public house and met up with the pub's landlady Liz McDonald to discuss business arrangements. They went into business together after Dan became impressed with Liz's business practicing.

As they became more acquainted, Dan developed romantic feelings for Liz and the pair began dating. Their relationship continued when Dan comforted Liz over the death of her closest friend Deirdre Barlow, and later learned that Liz had recently saw her relationship with former fiance Tony Stewart collapse as a result of his tryst with Deirdre's daughter Tracy Barlow.

It was then Dan crossed paths with local resident Leanne Battersby, who became uncomfortable after seeing him. It is later revealed that Dan and Leanne have known each other in the past - Leanne used to work as a prostitute and Dan was one of her clients who frequently abused her for sex and money. Leanne wants Dan to split from Liz or she will reveal his murky past, but Dan threatens to tell her adopted son Simon Barlow how she worked as a prostitute. This forces Leanne to keep her mouth shut for a while

However, Liz notices Leanne's uneasiness around Dan and questions her about it. She confesses about Dan's murky past is horrified. Then when Dan attempts to introduce Liz to his daughter and boss respectively, she exposes his murkey past to them in front of people. Dan's daughter Lucy is disgused by this and refuses to speak to him, and he ends up being sacked from the brewery. Dan calls out Liz for what she did, only for her son Steve and his best friend Lloyd Mullaney to come to her defense. Liz tells Dan that he brought his humilation on himself and kicks him out of the pub.

After losing everything, Dan realizes that Leanne told Liz about their past and plans to get revenge on her. The next day while drunk, Dan followed her home from her workplace and forced her into the flat where Simon was being looked after by Liz. He blocked off the door and, in rage, revealed all to Simon about Leanne's past. It was then Leanne knocks him down and allows Liz to escape with Simon to safety. Dan later gives himself up when the police arrive and is taken into custody.

Unfortunately, Dan's actions had caused Leanne's relationship with Simon to grow problematic when he began abusing her soon afterwards; however, they later made amends and the pair move on from what Dan had done in the end.

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Trivia[]

He made a total of 21 appearences during his time on the show.