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Oliver Michael Stanley "Ollie" Carter is the youngest son of Mick and Linda Carter and brother of Frankie, Lee, Nancy, Johnny and Annie Carter. He was born and made his first appearance on 12 May 2015.

Backstory[]

Linda falls pregnant with Ollie shortly after being raped by Mick's brother Dean Wicks. Concerned about the baby's paternity after the baby is born, Mick does a test which confirms that he and Linda both share the same blood group as Ollie. Mick tells Dean that his blood group does not match, and is happy to discover that he is the father. Linda names Ollie after Oliver Twist, from the musical of the same name. He was born prematurely just like his second oldest brother, Johnny Carter.

Storylines[]

2015-2020: Birth, paternity reveal and autism diagnosis[]

On 8 May 2015, Linda and Mick have an argument. When Linda attempts to run after Mick and apologise, she falls down the stars and lands on her belly. When she regains consciousness, she discovers she cannot feel the baby, although her waters have broken. A crying Linda is found in the street calling out for Mick by Kat Moon and Sonia Fowler. Kat and Sonia rush Linda to the hospital, where she gives birth to a baby boy. After the blood test reveals he, Linda and Ollie are all of the 'O' blood type, making Mick the dad, they take him home.

Following a fight between his older sister Nancy Carter and his older brother Lee Carter in 2016, Ollie is knocked out of his highchair, with Lee's girlfriend Whitney Dean alerting Mick and Linda. He appears to be fine, despite Mick insisting they should take him to hospital. Linda later finds Ollie is not breathing, but successfully resuscitates him. He then suffers a seizure and is admitted to hospital where a doctor tells the Carters that Ollie has bleeding on his brain caused by a blow to the head, that Ollie could have brain damage, and that children's services must be informed. Mick blames Nancy, which causes tension in the family. Eventually, Mick realises Nancy is sorry and that she is not to blame and the family reconcile. Mick and Linda worry that Ollie does not respond in the way they expect and are frustrated by the lack of treatment as they have to wait to see the extent of the damage.

After a heist involving Mick in 2018, he is suspected of stealing the money and Aidan Maguire frightens Linda when he lets himself into The Queen Vic when he has hold of Ollie. The Carters panic when Ollie and the pub is covered in petrol.

In 2019, Ollie is diagnosed with autism. Even though he is on the milder end of the spectrum, Mick and Linda are still worried and Linda finds it hard to cope at first.

2020 to present: Parents slip and losing his father[]

In 2022, Linda and Mick divorce and Linda and Ollie’s half sister, Annie Carter, move across the road to 43 Albert Square. Mick’s new partner, Janine Butcher, and her daughter, Scarlett Butcher, later move in, and Ollie quickly grows close with Scarlett. Just before Christmas, Janine and Mick get married. On Christmas day, all of Janine’s lies are exposed and she attempts to flee but is followed by Mick and Linda. When Janine drives off a cliff with Linda in a car, Mick jumps in to save them. He gets Janine out and goes back for Linda, but Linda has already got out. Mick is not seen again after this and is presumed dead. Linda and Annie move back into the Vic after Janine is arrested, and Scarlett moves to Germany with her uncle, Ricky Butcher. On 10 May 2023 Linda with help from help from Sharon Watts finally tells Ollie what happened to Mick, later on Ollie’s grandmother Elaine arrives and it is revealed Linda and Elaine will be running the Vic together as equal partners. However later on Elaine's boyfriend George Knight arrives with his daughters Gina and Anna Knight move in to the Vic and reveal they are also going to be running the Vic, leaving Linda furious. Linda is even angrier later on when the girls play loud music upsetting Ollie. George later attempts to make peace with Linda by cooking her, Annie and Ollie breakfast. On Ollie's first fathers day without Mick, Elaine helps Ollie make a card for Mick. Ollie shows Linda the card he made for Mick, saying it's 'for daddy in heaven".

When Dean returns Linda is horrified when Ollie starts to call him "uncle Dean", however when Ollie sees Dean's true colours when he's arguing with Linda and George Ollie starts to call Dean a nasty man.

See also[]

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