Deano story - rem most of it now I've read
2006–08
When Deano arrives in Walford in New Year 2006, the morning after Dennis Rickman was stabbed to death in the square, he is taken in by his great aunt Pat Evans (Pam St. Clement) after he lies that his father, Kevin Wicks (Phil Daniels), has died.[4] Deano is soon joined by Kevin and his sister, Carly Wicks (Kellie Shirley).
In 2006, Deano causes trouble by spiking Stacey Slater's (Lacey Turner) alcohol with drugs and allowing Bradley Branning (Charlie Clements) to take the blame, and later stealing The Queen Victoria (The Vic) public house's bust and driving recklessly, crashing a car—behaviour prompted by the anniversary of his brother Jimbo's (Lloyd Richards) death, which Deano has taken badly. Deano is unwittingly reunited with his estranged mother, Shirley Carter (Linda Henry), during a family holiday in Dorset. Despite Kevin's best efforts to stop her, Shirley makes herself known to Deano and Carly and eventually reveals that she is their mother. Deano struggles with this and after seeing Shirley behave promiscuously, he behaves recklessly and crashes a car at high-speed injuring himself, his passenger Chelsea Fox (Tiana Benjamin) and a pedestrian, Abi Branning (Lorna Fitzgerald).
Deano nearly dies from his injuries, but bonds with Shirley during his recovery. Kevin is opposed to this and amidst various arguments, the truth about Deano and Carly's paternity, that Shirley does not know who their real fathers are after having two affairs, is revealed. Deano is devastated and threatens suicide by almost setting himself on fire, but is stopped before going through with it. Despite initial hostilities, he accepts Kevin as his real father.
Unlucky in love, Deano has sex with Stacey, and unrequited crushes on Dawn Swann (Kara Tointon) and Chelsea. Chelsea manipulates Deano into getting involved in a vendetta against Sean Slater (Robert Kazinsky). Deano tries to attack Sean but is overpowered and beaten. Chelsea and Deano swear revenge and frame Sean for the assault of Patrick Trueman (Rudolph Walker), stealing CCTV footage that would have exonerated him. Sean is imprisoned, but he gets revenge on Deano by having him beaten by a gang of thugs.
When Carly finds the stolen CCTV footage, she gives it to the police and Sean is released. Deano and Chelsea are arrested for perverting the course of justice, then released on bail. Sean assaults Deano again, forcing his head into a toilet. Afraid of the prospect of spending time in prison, Deano attempts to run away twice before his trial but eventually faces up to his responsibilities and is sentenced to six months imprisonment. He finds prison hard. On visits, his family discovers that he is being bullied by the other prisoners and, after getting into trouble, he is denied early parole. Deano is permitted to attend Kevin's funeral under police supervision.
When Deano is released, he has changed vastly, behaving in a hostile manner, bringing a prostitute back to Shirley's flat then forcing her to pay for her services. He headbutts Sean, and when Shirley says she wants to rebuild their relationship, Deano responds with fury, pinning her against a wall, ripping off her jewellery, and shouting in her face, showing her his prison injuries.
After rejecting his mother, Deano leaves Walford. In September 2012, Carly returns to Walford for two days and tells Shirley that Deano is doing well, owns a bar and lives with his girlfriend in Australia.