Ashley Cotton

Infobox EastEnders character 2


character_name=Ashley Cotton
actor_name=Rossi Higgins (1993)
Frankie Fitzgerald (2000-2001)
years=1993, 2000–2001
first = 29 July 1993
last=14 June 2001
dob=1984
dod=14 June 2001
status=Deceased
occupation=Student
father=Nick Cotton
mother=Zoe Newton
grandfathers=Charlie Cotton
grandmothers=Dot Branning
uncles=Eddie Newton
great grandfathers=Bob Colwell
great grandmothers=Martha Colwell
great aunts=Rose
great uncles=Gerry
Tim

Ashley Cotton was a fictional character in the popular BBC soap opera "EastEnders", the son of Zoe and Nick Cotton and the grandson of Charlie and Dot Cotton. He was played by Rossi Higgins in 1993 and then by Frankie Fitzgerald in 2000.

History

He first appeared in the Square along with mother Zoe in 1993, at the age of nine. He met and became close to his grandma Dot, who later left the square with him, Zoe and Nick to live in Gravesend. Dot left Gravesend and returned to the square in 1997 without Ashley or his parents and revealed Ashley and Zoe had moved away off-screen to get away from Nick. Ashley returned to the square briefly in July 2000 to visit Dot for a few days. It was obvious he had taken after his father when he got up to mischief.

Then in October 2000 in a special spin-off episode titled "The Return of Nick Cotton" Nick had been out of prison and reunited with Ashley and Zoe. Ashley wanted to come with Nick despite Zoe's reluctance so he and Nick got into a car and decided to travel around a bit before returning to Walford.

When they returned to Walford together and settled in with Dot, Ashley was under the influence of his villainous father Nick and started taking drugs and got involved in robberies with Nick.

After a series of arguments with both sides of his family he drifted between each of his parents until a fateful summer evening in June 2001. He stole Mark Fowler's motorbike after an argument in the Queen Vic, without knowing that his father had cut the bike's brakes in hope of killing Mark.

Nick, Pauline Fowler and Dot shouted at Ashley to stop but he continued racing the bike until he came face-to-face with a pedestrian. Ashley swerved to avoid the pedestrian and braked sharply, but the motorbike flipped over a pavement and Ashley crashed into the laundrette. 17-year-old Ashley died instantly and Nick was riddled with guilt. Dot later overheard an argument between Mark Fowler and Nick, discovering that Nick was responsible for Ashley's death. After Ashley's funeral, Dot confronted Nick, threw him out of the house and he has not been seen since.

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