on 15 may 2009, ramsay (andrew sachs) comes to "the kabin" looking for a 'mr norris cole', and as rita asks if he wants to leave a message, he leaves without speaking. he later arrives at the rovers and norris asks him to leave. emily and rita are very surprised but norris accuses ramsay of murdering their mother, saying that he still "had blood on his hands". later, it emerges that ramsay is norris' older illegitimate half-brother, who was sent to australia as a child. norris blames ramsay for their mother's death, claiming that the stress of him reappearing caused her demise.