in 2005, angela discovered that katy was pregnant. not thrilled, she nonetheless supported her daughter. tommy thought martin was having an affair with sally webster (sally dynevor), who was actually having an affair with ian davenport, and because circumstantial evidence seemed to support it, angela believed it and took katy in when she came running home. she also supported and encouraged katy's decision to have an abortion, but was mortified to find out martin really was faithful and katy had had the abortion for nothing. shortly after, katy and tommy rowed furiously in the garage and katy struck and killed her father. angela was horrified and she decided to cover up the crime and make it look like a robbery. later she herself confessed to the murder in order to protect katy and was remanded in prison. even though katy herself confessed before committing suicide, angela was still guilty of perverting the course of justice and imprisoned for four years.