Caroline "Caz" Johnston made her first appearance on 14 August 2023 and last on 22 August 2023. She was portrayed by Bryony Afferson.
Backstory[]
Caroline is an old acquaintance of Eve Unwin. The two met at a pride event in 2023 and stole wristbands together as the two were drunk. She later revealed her identity as Caroline Johnston who killed Eve's sister in a car accident whilst drunk, and got 3 years in prison for it.
Storylines[]
Caroline arrives in Walford and heads to Kathy's Café, where she pretends to be called Amanda, and she asks Bernadette Taylor for Eve Unwin's location. Suki Panesar stops Bernadette from giving her this information as she believes she is a date for Eve. Eve later finds out about Caroline anyways, and heads to the cafe to meet her, and Eve agrees to a date. Despite agreeing to go on a date, Eve avoids calls from Caroline, but Stacey Slater tells her she should move on from Suki. Later, Stacey receives another message from her stalker, and Eve says she will stay with Stacey, but Stacey insists she should go, and gives Eve an outfit to wear. On her date, Caroline reveals her real identity that she was the one driving the car that killed Eve's twin sister and the next day, Eve reels from what she learned and lashes out.
Eve meets Caroline at Walford East, initially trying to stay calm as they talk. But everything changes when Caroline admits that she had actually been drunk when she hit Eve's sister, and although she was charged, it wasn't for drunk driving. In that moment, Eve snaps, sweeping everything off the table in fury, forcing Stacey to step in and get her to leave.
Not long after, Caroline approaches Eve to apologise. Eve leads her into an alleyway and begins to strangle her, only to be stopped by Stacey, Suki, and Theo. Stacey instructs Suki to take Eve to her place while she brings Caroline home, preventing her from reporting Eve to the police for assault. Later, Suki returns Eve to Stacey's telling her that Vinny had come home, prompting Stacey to separate the two into different rooms.
The two attempt one more conversation, but it quickly deteriorates, and Stacey follows Caroline out to prevent her from going to the police. At the station, Eve tries to reopen the case, but since she wasn't breathalysed and had already served her sentence, there's little that can be done. Caroline does not report Eve, and soon after, she leaves Walford.
Kill count[]
Murders/manslaughter victims[]
- Erica Unwin (1993) (manslaughter) - Accidentally ran her over while under the influence of alcohol.