on their wedding day, mercedes confronts lindsey accusing her of having an affair with doctor browning, which leads to a catfight which has to be broken up by doctor browning. doctor browning grabs lindsey off mercedes so her husband joe roscoe (ayden callaghan) punches him after he thinks he is attacking lindsey. after the events, mercedes and doctor browning finally get married. days after the wedding, doctor browning begins stalking lindsey again and locks himself in a lift with her and tries to rape her but lindsey scratches his face and runs away. he then has a one-night stand with cindy cunningham (stephanie waring) and after she threatens to tell mercedes he tries to kill her in the hollyoaks high school storeroom but she survives and recovers.