D.C. Burton made his first appearance on 5 March 2001 and last on 10 January 2002. He was portrayed by Cyril Nri.
Storylines[]
D.C. Burton assists his fellow chief detective Jill Marsden (Sophie Stanton) with investigating the shooting of Phil Mitchell. Steve is implicated as the prime suspect. However, it issoon revealed the following month after Phil's shooting that the assailant is fact his ex-girlfriend Lisa Shaw. After gradually forgiving Lisa for the incident, Phil decides to frame his fellow nemesis Dan Sullivan for the crime, after Dan tries to extort money from Phil and his godson Jamie. His plan to do so is halted when Burton visits Phil at his home to try and get information on who shot him, but Phil stalls him by claiming to have no idea about the identity his shooter. Once Burton leaves, Phil contacts Dan's old crime boss Richie Stringer and they hatch a plot to incriminate Dan. Later on that night, Phil phones D.C. Burton, telling him that Dan was the shooter and he is planning to finish him off for good. Dan corners and threatens to shoot Phil and extort money from him and Jamie again but Burton and an armed police unit rush over to the scene to take charge of the situation. Their presence alerts Dan who is armed, and he is consequently arrested. Burton and Marsden later charge Dan for Phil's shooting. Burton reappears in 2002 when Little Mo Morgan confesses to striking her abusive husband Trevor over the head with a clothes iron during an argument and he and Marsden charge her with attempted murder.
List of appearances[]
2001[]
- 5 March 2001
- 6 March 2001
- 13 March 2001
- 22 March 2001
- 26 March 2001
- 27 March 2001
- 10 April 2001
- 12 April 2001
- 16 April 2001