Jason Stubbs Jason Stubbs was the teenage son of Rovers Return cleaner Sandra Stubbs . In 1988 , Sandra and Jason fled to Weatherfield to escape from Sandra ' s abusive husband Ronnie . Jason missed his dad but was loyal to Sandra , having tried to defend Sandra from his violence on at least one occasion . In November 1986 , when it was feared that Ronnie was a danger to Jason , a social worker visited the Stubbs but found no cause to remove Jason from his parents . Sandra and Jason soon settled into their new lives ; Sandra rented Flat 3 , 44 Rosamund Street , got a job as the Rovers and settled Jason into a new school . Having had a paper round before moving , Jason asked at The Kabin if they needed anyone . They didn ' t , but the polite lad made an impression on Mavis Riley , who two days later decided to sack unreliable Wayne Pickles and give Jason his round . On his first day in the job , Jason was beaten up by Wayne for " stealing " the round , Wayne having guarded the round to see who had taken it over . Jason was intimidated enough to cover for Wayne , telling Rita Fairclough and Mavis that he ' d tripped over his bag strap , but the next time Wayne cornered him he fought back and knocked his bike over . The matter was resolved when Sandra got the truth from Jason and threatened Wayne ' s mum in The Kabin . A few weeks later , Ronnie re - appeared on the scene , having tracked Sandra and Jason down . Adamant that there was no way back for her and Ronnie , Sandra refused to acknowledge him , and so he turned to Jason , turning up at his school at lunchtime as a surprise . Although glad to see his dad , Jason refused to divulge their new home address , and fortunately Sandra arrived on the scene before Ronnie could interrogate him further . Ronnie remained in the area until he was due to return to the ships , working on Sandra and her friends to persuade her to give their marriage another try . The night before he was due to leave , a drunken Ronnie followed Sandra home , where he pleaded with her one last time . Met with unwavering defiance , Ronnie became violent , breaking a promise he ' d made seconds before . Jason raced to the Rovers to get help , however by the time Ken Barlow , Kevin Webster and Alan Bradley arrived at the flat , Ronnie had fled the scene , leaving Sandra bruised and beaten . Upset to see his mother so vulnerable , Jason was taken in by Bet Gilroy at the Rovers for the night while Sandra was kept in hospital . In November , Jason admitted to Mavis that the paperboys were joking about Derek Wilton not showing up at their wedding . The lads were well aware of Mavis and Derek ' s disastrous first wedding , in which they ' d jilted each other . Also that month , Jason told Rita that he wasn ' t looking forward to an upcoming parent / teacher evening at school , as he hadn ' t been doing the work . In 1989 , Jason fell in with the wrong crowd and on one afternoon in February , while Sandra was at work , Ken Barlow caught Jason and his mates having a booze - up in the flat , drinking lager from cans purchased at the Corner Shop . The boys ran off at the sight of Ken , who had called at the flat to offer Jason a paper round with the " Weatherfield Recorder " . After helping Jason tidy the living room , Ken advised the boy to choose his friends better . The incident would remained a problem for Sandra and Jason to sort themselves , but for Jason ' s friends being caught by the police vandalising a car , and giving them Jason ' s address . Discovering both that Jason had been drinking and that he was routinely left on his own , WPC Morgan contacted Social Services , and a social worker , Mrs Lambert , was assigned the case . Sandra was informed that it was illegal for her to leave Jason on his own while she worked , and that something would have to change . With immediate effect , Sandra quit her job and moved out of the flat and in with her mother temporarily , uprooting the family once again .