Greg Kelly Gregory " Greg " Paul Kelly was the result of a holiday romance between Moira Kelly and Les Battersby when he was working on a travelling fairground on the Isle of Wight ( or Warrington , depending on which script you read ) . Les never kept in touch and it wasn ' t until Greg turned up in Weatherfield in April 1998 that Les even knew he had a son . Greg ' s early years were hard , but when he was around two , his mother started working for Harry Wood whom she subsequently married and he brought Greg up as his own . Moira told Greg about his past when he was seven , but it took Harry ' s death in September 1997 to spur Greg on to seek his natural father . Allegedly Greg played football for Stoke City " some time ago when they were in the First Division , playing at the Victoria Ground " - but they ' ve only been in the First Division for the last two seasons , and the last one of those was played at the new Britannia Ground ! A cruciate ligament injury put paid to his footballing career , and so he followed Harry into the manufacturing and retail fashion business . With his relationship with his less - than - exemplary biological father expanding , Greg became more involved in the happenings of the Street . He struck up a relationship with Maxine Heavey , the local hairdresser . Always looking for " something better " he had an eye for a business deal and prospective bed partner . Greg convinced Mike Baldwin to take him on as a business partner he would suss out the deals and Mike would pay him on a commission basis . Mike , seeing this as a win - win proposition agreed . Greg went to work at the factory . He soon turned his attentions to Sally Webster , who had just lost her mum . Sally had inherited £55 , 000 and this was very appealing to Greg . He was less interested in her than he was in her money and set his cap to alleviate her of some of it . He severed his relationship with Maxine after relieving her of her intended flat above the Corner Shop . Sally left Kevin and the girls behind to enter into what she thought would be a commitment with a new , exciting man . Realising that she needed the girls with her , Sally took the girls from Kevin and moved them into the one bedroom flat above the shop . It was a tight fit and one that Greg took an immediate dislike to But he needed Sally ' s money if he were to make a go of his new underwear venture so he tried to remember the girls names ( unsuccessfully ) and play happy families . Greg did not want to be a parent and left the flat as often as he could - it became clear to all but Sally , that Greg was simply using her . After stealing all the contacts from Mike ' s computer at the factory , he took Sally ' s money and started his own company . Mike , not easily taken , fought back and regained the contracts . By now Greg had opened a " shop " and had Sally as his secretary rather than business partner . He felt the " optics " would be better . The loss of the contracts proved a turning point in their relationship however . Unhappy with the living arrangements , and especially with the girls , Greg ' s temper simmered just below the boiling point for weeks . Then upon discovering that Sally had inadvertently told Gail about the contracts , he exploded and hit her blaming her for the loss . Sally , stunned at the turn in the relationship , threatened to leave until Greg convinced her it was a one off and that it wouldn ' t happen again . Of course Greg had spoken to his solicitor to find out what would happen if they broke up . The solicitor informed him that Greg needed Sally and her fast dwindling capital in order to stay in business . Greg needed to come up with another plan - one that would see him financially secure at the expense of Sally . The three of them were crowding his style as well as his apartment and he needed to be shut of the lot - Sally , Rosie and Sophie . But if he had to persevere , to achieve his goal of financial and personal freedom , he would . It was a short - lived respite from the violence . After a second beating from Greg , Sally took the girls , and what remained of her bank account , and fled to stay with Rita Sullivan without looking back . Greg , having not paid his rent , was threatened with eviction from the pokey flat over the shop and his life careened out of control . Becoming more and more dishelved the suits looking less smart and his appearance slipping - he turned once again to Maxine who , after a short fashion , cottoned on to his scheme to finagle a free ride and accommodation until something better came along . She quickly sent him off and with no where else to go , he ended up at 5 Coronation Street living with his father and his family - perhaps the lowest that Greg Kelly could get . . . Blaming Sally for all of his problems , Greg began stalking and threatening her . Sally lived in fear for her safety and that of her two young girls . Greg , drunk and unhinged , broke into Rita ' s flat and threatened Sally , telling her that that he would make her pay for what she did . She escaped what looked to be her final beating , and fled to the safety of the Street . Quotes . " Hi , you don ' t know me but , er . . . " ( First line to Toyah Battersby before she shuts the door of No . 5 on him ) . " Come here you ! " ( Final line )