Billy's completely torn

It's the day of the trial for Jase's murder and Jay's evidently anxious about what's to come. Dawn opens the front door to find Billy sitting on the doorstep waiting to speak to Jay, but she's having none of it and slams the door in his face. Having seen Jay head off to the court, Billy heads to The Vic, where Minty quizzes him about his mystery woman from the previous day. He eventually confesses that she was Terry Bates's wife. Garry and Dawn return from the court without Jay and reveal that he ran off after giving his evidence. Billy's frantic with panic about his whereabouts, while Dawn asks Minty not to let Billy anywhere near Jay if she finds him.

While Dawn's in The Vic, some blunt words from Phil make her realise that she has to face up to her responsibility to give evidence and have Terry sent down. Meanwhile, Billy's frantically searching for Jay and reluctantly confesses to Minty that Terry's wife threatened him not to give evidence or she'd harm Jay. Their search continues and they soon find the flat door ajar. Billy tentatively steps inside to find Jay, who has been crying. After yelling at him, Jay storms to his room.

Hearing Dawn's voice, Jay returns downstairs, but it doesn't seem to be good news - it seems that Billy's evidence will be essential in securing a conviction. Jay's clearly frustrated. Later in the café, Billy tries to reason with him, but the youngster's adamant - he managed to give evidence, so why can't Billy stand up and say what he saw the night Jase died? As Jay storms out, Billy's left alone, completely torn as to what to do.

Elsewhere, Ben's frustrated with Phil; Syed bumps into a number of pretty girls while running some errands; Heather's upset by the state Shirley's in; Zainab revels at interfering in her son's life; Ian's excited to hear that Jane's managed to get them a free holiday; Ian's horrified to learn that Jane's offered Shirley a job in the café; Heather reconsiders Ian's offer of a loan; and Jean expresses to Mo her concern that Ian's asking for Stacey's loan money back.