jane is first seen when roy appears at her house to confront her about him being named as the father of her son nathan williams (doug allen), who had arrived in walford several days earlier and told roy this. jane assures roy that he is and gives him a gold pen. as it emerges that jane is dying from ovarian cancer, roy begins spending more and more time with her, arousing the suspicions of roy's other son barry (shaun williamson) and roy's wife pat evans (pam st. clement). eventually roy is forced to confess to his family that nathan is his son, much to the upset of barry, as roy had been having sex with jane on the night barry's mother and roy's first wife doreen had died. on 11 january, jane peacefully dies of her progressing cancer on the same day roy's grandson, jack evans (samuel and joseph timson) is born.