<P> Tony arrives in Coronation Street in September 2007 as the owner of a clothing firm, giving a contract to Carla Connor (Alison King) and Liam Connor's (Rob James - Collier) lingerie factory Underworld . </P> <P> He was unpopular with local residents for commissioning a new housing development in the area, destroying a bat roost in the process, much to the anger of bat enthusiast Roy Cropper (David Neilson). Planning to expand the Underworld factory, Tony attempts to convince shopkeeper Rita Sullivan (Barbara Knox) and mechanic Kevin Webster (Michael Le Vell) to sell their properties to him . When Kevin refuses, Tony enlists his friend Jimmy Dockerson (Robert Beck) to sabotage his business and persuades Kevin's daughter, Rosie Webster, to give him the garage accounts . He also bullies elderly resident Jed Stone (Kenneth Cope) out of his home, wanting to redevelop the site . </P> <P> Tony begins a relationship with Carla, unaware she has romantic feelings for Liam . She breaks up with him in order to prove her feelings to Liam, but they later reconcile, becoming engaged . However, Rosie is aware of Carla and Liam's feelings for each other and tries to seduce Tony, but he makes it clear that he is not interested; so she shows him footage of Carla and Liam kissing the morning after their one - night stand . In revenge, he hires Jimmy as a hitman to kill Liam, running him over on Tony's stag night . A distraught Carla briefly leaves the country but marries Tony upon her return . Upon discovery of Carla's affair with Liam, his widow Maria (Samia Ghadie) begins to suspect Tony's involvement in his death . She confides in Jed Stone, who threatens to go to the police . Tony strangles Jed and initially believes him to be dead . He plans to dispose of his body, initially concealing his body inside a clothing container in Underworld, but is shocked to discover that Jed is in fact, still alive when the staff return and hear him shouting for help . He offers him a new flat in Wigan and £ 3,000 to leave the area and keep his secret . Maria begins a vendetta against Tony but he attempts to depict Maria as mentally unstable, raising Carla's suspicions in the process . When Carla eventually confronts Tony and demands the truth, she tells Tony that she loved Liam more than him, and Tony admits to having him killed . Carla escapes and flees to Los Angeles . Tony has a short - lived relationship with hairdresser Natasha Blakeman (Rachel Leskovac). Maria begins to soften towards Tony when she finds him at Liam's grave . They become friends, and Tony supports her during her pregnancy and delivers her son, who she names Liam Anthony; his forename in honour of his late father and middle name as a tribute to Tony . Liam's parents disapprove of the developing relationship, leading Tony to threaten that if they do not leave Maria alone, they will never see their grandson again . Eventually, the relationship becomes romantic and Maria and Tony become engaged . Carla returns to Weatherfield, and instructs Tony to sell his shares in Underworld to her and leave the country; or she will tell the police what he did . Tony hires Jimmy to kill her but changes his mind at the last moment . Carla escapes from Jimmy by knocking him unconscious but Tony makes her think she has murdered him, leading them to call a temporary truce . Carla then leaves the country again . </P> <P> While Maria visits her parents in Cyprus, Tony suffers a heart attack . He is taken to hospital by Roy, with whom he had previously clashed over the new housing development and confesses Liam's murder to him . He tries to buy Roy's silence but it doesn't work so he begins threatening him . Roy and his wife Hayley (Julie Hesmondhalgh) report him to the police and Roy decides to go bat spotting at the canal . When Maria comes looking for answers, Hayley tells her everything, unaware Tony is hiding behind the café counter with a knife . This upsets Tony even more and he goes to the canal and tries to kill Roy, but Tony's phone rings alerting Roy, so he pushes Roy in the water but has a change of heart, rescues him and confesses everything to the police . On 11 December 2009, Carla visits Tony in prison where he admits that Jimmy is still alive . He asks her if she thinks Maria will forgive him and she tells him that she never would and that he would be going to hell on his own, before leaving . </P>

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