andy hunter, played by michael higgs, is a mobster who originally as representative of "the firm" - though he later takes control of the organization following the murder of its leader and his gangland boss, jack dalton (hywel bennett). from then onwards, andy becomes the show's main antagonist up until his departure from the series on 18 february 2005. he has a relationship with local resident kat slater (jessie wallace), but she leaves him at their wedding ceremony to be with his love rival - alfie moon (shane richie). he later goes on to marry kat's best-friend sam mitchell (kim medcalf). she ends up signing her house and assets over to andy and he then dumps her afterwards, leaving sam with nothing. andy also orders the murder of alfie's neighbour paul trueman (gary beadle), after paul - who had been working for andy – reported him to the police for his criminal activities. andy's luck finally runs out, however, when he tries to con fellow mob boss johnny allen (billy murray) – who consequently usurps andy from his position as the crime kingpin of walford. after johnny learns of his plan to defraud him, he forges a meet-up between him and andy at a motorway flyover. there, johnny kills andy by forcing him off the bridge – causing andy to fall to his death.