Deirdre went to prison in 1998.

Did Jon Lindsay go to jail?

He was meticulous in the way he made sure there could be no come back on him and although he received a suspended sentence from the court for his part in the fraud it was Deirdre who faced the brunt of the recriminations and in March 1998 she received an eighteen-month prison sentence.

When was the Free Deirdre campaign?

Free Deirdre: Plight of Anne Kirkbride's beloved character gripped the nation back in 1998.