- Jez Quigley
Infobox soap character
series=Coronation Street
color=#F0E68C
name=Jez Quigley
portrayer=Lee Boardman
first=6 June 1997
last=15 September 2000
born= 197?
death=15 September 2000
occupation=Nightclub owner/Drug Dealer
parents=Margi QuigleyGerald Francis "Jez" Quigley was a
fictional character in the Britishsoap opera "Coronation Street ", played byLee Boardman . He made his first appearance in 1997, reutrning to show in 1999 and remaining until being killed off in September 2000.Details
Jez was a gangster, a drug dealer and murderer who had killed
Tony Horrocks and suppliedcocaine toLeanne Battersby , who quickly became a drug addict. Steve McDonald unsuccessfully turned to him for a job, and later testified against Jez in the Tony Horrocks murder trial. Despite Steve's testimony, Jez got off without any chargesA bully who did not like people standing up to him, Jez had Steve trapped in an underground carpark and beaten by a gang of thugs. Steve's father Jim took revenge by attacking Jez, who died in hospital, on top of Steve, of his injuries. Jim McDonald surrendered to the police and was later found guilty of
manslaughter , for which he was sentenced to eight years in prison.ee also
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Coronation Street characters
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