Darryl Morton Darryl Morton arrived with his family in March 2007 and ran Jerry ' s Takeaway with them . After his family left the Street in September 2008 , he began a relationship with Amber Kalirai , the daughter of Dev Alahan , Darryl ' s new boss . Their relationship ended when Darryl accepted money from Dev to break up with his daughter so that she would leave to go to university . He left the Street in October 2009 to live in Spain with his family . Biography . Darryl first appeared on 18th March 2007 . He lived in the shed of the garden of No . 6 . He has been in trouble with the law for several motoring offences , and was horrified when twin sister Mel said she planned to join the police . Soon after his arrival he struck up a close friendship with next door neighbour David Platt ( his real life childhood friend ) . On 16th September 2007 , Darryl ' s friend Stig asked him to look after some ecstasy tablets . Afraid that his dad would find them , he asked David Platt to look after them , but he hid them in one of his niece ' s dolls . However , when Bethany swallowed one , David decided to protect his friend and bailed Darryl out by taking the blame for possession . The storyline also received some criticism . After a brief flirtation in the Rovers with barmaid Lauren Wilson , Darryl began dating her . After a few dates of playing hard to get , they began seeing each other on a more regular basis . He often paid for their dates and drinks , even though Mel told him that his money was the only reason she was interested . Their involvement with each other came to an end when Lauren became angry with him for being broke , and said they were never an item . His dad , Jerry , left Coronation Street to go to Spain , but Darryl stayed behind to run the shop with Teresa . Darryl started going out with Amber , but they were caught in bed together by Amber ' s dad Dev on 17th October 2009 and Dev threw him out . In September 2009 , Dev paid Darryl to stay away from Amber and go to Spain to live with his dad . Darryl agreed , but got rid of the cheque after changing his mind . Unfortunately , Teresa told Amber about the money , and she left to go back to University . On the 16th October 2009 , Darryl decided to go to Spain , so left the street . Miscellaneous information . Darryl is the less serious - minded of the Morton twins , Darryl can be just plain daft , lazy and is closest to his twin sister Mel . In the interview with Digitalspy Jonathan went on to confirm this , speaking of his character he said : " I don ' t think he ' s really that snidey and dark . Just your classic teenage lazy boy . . . " . Darryl is closest to his twin sister , Mel , although they to feel free to fight if the occasion arises . Darryl was supposed to be leaving with the rest of the Morton clan . However , in a recent interview with the Liverpool Echo , Michael Starke , who plays his father Jerry , revealed they had kept his character on as " his character links in with David Platt " . Behind the scenes . During the casting for Darryl Morton different actors were called in for auditions for the role . Jonathan Dixon revealed in an interview with " Digital Spy " that he was called back through five stages of auditioning and eventually got down to the last two where he had to audition against a long term friend . During each stage of auditioning the hopefuls had to audition as sets of twins . Jonathan continually met fellow cast member Emma Edmondson who plays his onscreen sister Mel Morton . In the final audition the two were paired up , and went on to be cast as twins Mel and Darryl . There was question about Darryl and the rest the Mortons ' popularity with the viewing public . In April 2007 it was announced that the character would be involved in a heavy marijuana smoking scene with Vernon Tomlin . It caused controversy , and the soap ' s executive producer Kieran Roberts stated that : " Not all stories are to the taste of all our viewers . But the vast majority of the time we get it right . We do not set out to shock and sensationalise " . Although the scene didn ' t air , there was a milder scene at the Mortons ' housewarming party where Vernon took on a mellow disposition after smoking a joint Darryl gave him . In 2008 when Kim Crowther had taken over as producer of " Coronation Street " , she had axed the Morton family but kept on Darryl and his mother Teresa Bryant ( who had temporarily left in late 2008 , but returned in April 2009 ) . However in May 2009 it was announced that the character was to be written out , and Darryl left in October that year . Quotes . " About time " ( First line ) " Right back at ya . " ( Final line )