Saskia Duncan made her first appearance on 31 December 1998. She was portrayed by Deborah Sheridan-Taylor.
Storylines[]
Saskia arrives in Walford in December 1998 as the obsessive ex-girlfriend of new e20 club owner Steve Owen. Steve isn't happy to see her and he tells her he doesn't want her any more, but she continues to stalk him regardless. When Steve gets involved with Melanie Healy, Saskia tries to break them up. She succeeds in seducing him; afterwards, she won't listen when Steve insists it was a mistake. Saskia has a friendly drink with Phil Mitchell.
On e20's launch night, 14 February 1999, Saskia stormed into Steve's office interrupting time between him and Mel. She kisses him saying he gave her roses. Steve denies this as Mel angrily leaves. Saskia who is drunk reveals her plan to ruin Steve's life saying he destroyed hers. She then says he made her get a abortion for their baby when Steve says he didn't want a baby. She says she is going to make him suffer. He then tells her to grow up and then he opens the door telling her to get out. She dares him to throw him out secretly holding a bottle when he tries she injuries him in the head with the bottle causing him to fall on his knees. She begins choking him with his own tie. 18 year old DJ Matthew Rose who works for the club and was looking for Steve so he went up to his office and finds Saskia attacking Steve. Matthew pulls her off but she turns her attention to him attacking him with a cooler. He calls Steve for help who tries to take Saskia off him and then she turns back to Steve and begins choking him with his tie. Matthew tries to stop her once again but she pushes him. He finds an ashtray on the table hitting her in the face with it causing her to die on impact. Steve and Matthew then bury her body in Epping Forest.
Matthew is a nervous wreck for months while Steve remains cool. Saskia's disappearance is investigated by police, and her sister Claudia Fielding arrives and suspects that Steve is involved with her disappearance. Matthew panics that she'll find out about Saskia's death and Steve tries to calm him down. Matthew begins to get a grip on things but the body is later discovered and both Steve and Matthew are arrested. Steve blames Matthew, who is found guilty of manslaughter. When Matthew is released in December 1999, he gets revenge on Steve by tying him to a chair and threatening to burn him alive, but he later reveals that he'd just wanted to turn Steve into an emotional wreck. Matthew then leaves the Square for good.
Until his death in a car crash in 2002, everyone would remind Steve what he did to Saskia and how he framed Matthew. In 2018, almost 20 years after Saskia's death, Steve's son Hunter Owen found out from Mel about how his late father killed Saskia. In early 2019, Hunter killed Ray Kelly and him and his mother buried his body in the woods - in a very similar fashion to how Hunter's later father did with Saskia 20 years earlier, thus making Hunter a killer like his father was.
Kill count[]
Attempted murder victims[]
- Steve Owen (15 February 1999) - Hit him with a champagne bottle and then tries to strangle him with his tie however Steve hits her with an ash tray, which kills her.
List of appearances[]
Note: (d) denotes a doof-doof.
1998[]
Appeared in 1/161 episodes
1999[]
Appeared in 13/169 episodes