Tony Stewart Tony Stewart was the former partner of Eileen Grimshaw and father of Jason . Biography . Background . Tony and Eileen had a short - term relationship in the early 1980s which resulted in the birth of Jason in June 1983 . Tony had rarely much to do with his family and Eileen quickly moved on with her life . After another similar relationship , she gave birth to her second son Todd in January 1985 . Tony maintained little contact over the years and did not play much of a part in his son ' s life , leaving Eileen to bear most of the responsibilities . 2003 . In March 2003 , Tony crossed paths with Eileen and Jason when out drinking with his girlfriend Merle Jackson at the Rovers in Coronation Street . He later later bumped into Jason at Roy ' s Rolls and Tony attempted to convince his son to talk to him . Jason agreed to meet his father for a drink and the pair got along well . Tony decided to help Jason by getting him a job at the building site he worked on , but Eileen didn ' t trust Tony and tried to warn Jason away from him , A row soon ensued as Jason accused her of not giving Tony a chance . After moving out of 11 Coronation Street , Jason turned up at Tony and Merle ' s house and much to their horror , announced his intentions of staying with them . Merle wasn ' t happy as it was her house and demanded that Tony got rid of Jason but he couldn ' t bring himself to do so . After much pressure , Tony persuaded an upset Jason to move back home . During this period Tony and Eileen became involved in a war to win over Jason ' s affections , and battled against each other . Eileen was pleased when Jason turned down another offer to have a drink and hang out with Tony , instead opting to take the new car she had purchased for him out for a test drive . In July , Tony and Jason rewired Todd ' s flat so the electricity ran from Barlow ' s Bookies downstairs . Shortly after breaking his leg in a car accident , Merle threw Tony out of their house and he moved into No . 11 with Eileen , although she quickly tired of having him around . When landlord Peter Barlow discovered that Tony had rigged the flat ' s electricity supply he demanded his money back , and Eileen ordered Tony to leave her house . Saying his goodbyes to her at Street Cars , Tony stole £700 of the company ' s takings and left . Eileen was being accused of the theft by Dev Alahan and he called the police . Jason tracked Tony down to a new address and got the money back , later clearing Eileen ' s name . 2013 - 2016 . Despite the incident , Tony kept in contact with Jason , however this was mostly just a phone call over Christmas periods rather than meeting in person . When Jason failed to contact Tony in late - 2013 , he become worried and turned up in January 2014 to find out what the problem was , although he received a frosty reception by the Grimshaws . Tony and Jason headed to the Rovers where Tony admitted he had been a lousy father and wanted to make it up to him , but Jason was still reluctant . Tony attended a meeting with Jason - who was now self - employed , on a project to build a new gym on Victoria Street for Dev Alahan and his business partner Kal Nazir . Jason secured a deal with them , but Tony wasn ' t satisfied when he learned that Jason had given them a cheaper quote , and convinced him not to give them " mates rates " . After much discussion with his son and backing from Jason ' s girlfriend Eva Price , Jason gave Dev an inflated job costing . This led to Kal ' s father Sharif to hire Graham Naisby . Jason was angry with Tony for making him change his mind . Wanting to make it up to Jason , Tony then broke into the builder ' s van and stole his tools rendering him unable to do the job , and Jason regained the contract . He began dating Liz McDonald , the landlady of the Rovers , but was given the cold shoulder by her son Steve who hadn ' t forgotten about the theft from Street Cars or how Tony had left Eileen to take the rap . During a confrontation however , a worried Steve gave his approval of their relationship . Tony began dealings with Rob Donovan and Tracy Barlow by selling them stolen second hand goods for their business Barlow ' s Buys . In May 2014 he purchased the Builder ' s Yard on Victoria Street from Owen Armstrong for Jason . In October , Tony broke off from Liz when he discovered that she was visiting her former husband Jim behind his back in order to prevent Jim from harming Peter Barlow for Deirdre ' s sake . However they reconciled later in the month and Tony moved in with Liz at the Rovers . Tony began an affair with Tracy in December after Rob was convicted of murdering Tina McIntyre and sentenced to 25 years . With Rob out of the way , Tony saw Barlow ' s Buys as a good moneymaker , offering his share in the business , knowing that Tracy was struggling to cope on her own . When she refused , Tony arranged for the premises to be trashed and burgled . Tracy was upset to discover that because her last payment on the insurance premium had bounced , she wasn ' t eligible to make a claim so gave in and allowed Tony to have 50 % share of the business . Tony and Tracy continued their affair over the next four months , although Tracy was annoyed that Tony was unwilling to leave Liz . He began to feel used when Liz became reliant on him for financial support ; firstly agreeing to pay Steve ' s £10 , 700 tax bill from the Inland Revenue and then felt obliged when she asked him to pay for all of Steve and Michelle Connor ' s forthcoming wedding costs . Now tired of their relationship , Tony agreed to help Tracy when she suggested they found a way to get the Rovers from Liz in order to run the pub together . Tony persuaded Steve to sell his half - share of the pub to Travis Limited , however this was a false company set up by Tony himself . He then worked on getting Liz ' s share by making plans with her to start a new life in Spain , however Michelle ' s former sister - in - law Carla Connor put in an offer herself to buy Liz ' s share of the pub , thus scuppering Tony and Tracy ' s plans for complete ownership of the pub . On Steve and Michelle ' s wedding day , Tony was blissfully unaware that Liz had already been informed by Tracy earlier that day about their affair and plans to takeover the Rovers . When Tony drove Steve and Michelle to the airport for their honeymoon , Liz left Tony a message telling him not to bother returning home as she knew about his deceit . With that Tony then disappeared without informing anyone . On the same night as revenge for Carla buying into the pub , Tracy started a fire in the Victoria Court flats killing Kal Nazir and Maddie Heath . Tony did in fact return to the area in July 2015 , attempting to seek forgiveness from Liz and Jason however they weren ' t so forgiving for his deceit and disappearance . Tony showed his more vulnerable side during the following month when Jason was badly beaten up in the ginnel . Sarah Platt informed Tony that her ex - boyfriend Callum Logan was involved after Callum ' s son Max Turner had witnessed an attack , and when a conscious Jason admitted to his father that he ' d heard Callum ' s voice , Tony plotted his revenge . Tony grabbed Callum and dragged him into the ginnel and gave him a beating , with Callum pleading him to stop and dropping his tough guy act . Tony was eventually stopped by Liz when she told him that the last thing Jason needed was for Tony to be imprisoned . Callum eventually scarpered after making threats , and Tony returned to Jason ' s bedside . Jason was discharged from hospital and swore revenge on Callum , with Tony having to talk him out of it when he realised that Jason was still unwell and needed to recover . Jason managed to acquire Callum ' s address from a reluctant David and Tony arrived at the flat as Jason was pitted against Callum under the orders of drug dealer Denton who Callum owed a lot of money to . Tony told Denton to let both he and Jason go and they would say no more about what they had seen , otherwise things could get messy . Denton saw sense in accepting the offer , much to Callum ' s annoyance , and Jason left a calling card of a punch to his jaw , telling him it wasn ' t over . Tony then took Jason back home . Over a week later Tony and Todd nipped out at night to get Jason a takeaway and spotted Callum ' s car outside the Platt household with engine still running . Unaware that Callum had just been murdered moments prior by Kylie Platt for attacking Sarah and that David was going to use the car to transport his corpse , Tony and Todd keyed the car and then stole it and drove off into the night , not hearing David yelling for them to stop . Taking it to an industrial estate , Tony blew the car up and they returned to Coronation Street to attend Lloyd Mullaney and Andrea Beckett ' s leaving party at the Rovers . The next day Tony and Gary Windass filled in a manhole with concrete in the Platts ' garage as part of building work for Gail ' s annex , unaware that David and Kylie hid Callum ' s corpse within . Tony was still determined to get Liz back and kept showing up at the Rovers in the hope of winning her round . This caused problems for Liz ' s relationship with Michelle and Steve as they believed she would allow Tony back into their lives , and frustrated Steve left for Spain to visit brother Andy . Liz " agreed " to get back with Tony , on the condition he cut ties with Barlow ' s Buys as she didn ' t trust him working alongside Tracy . Tony agreed and he offered to sell Tracy back his share . Wanting to speed up the process however , he withdrew all the money from the company ' s account without her permission . Liz gave Tony another ultimatum - to give back Steve ' s share of the Rovers . Tony agreed , having a solicitor draw up a contract and proposed to Liz at the same time , much to the shock of Michelle who truly believed they were getting back together . In the packed pub , Liz told Tony that the whole " getting back with him " was just a ruse to get back Steve ' s share of the pub . Humiliated and angry , Tony called everyone pathetic and left . Tony then told Jason that he would be leaving Weatherfield and going to Birmingham to help a friend out on a project . Tony admitted that he and Todd had set fire to Callum ' s car and urged Jason to move on from wanting revenge . Tony left in his van later that evening and was waved off by the Grimshaws . Five months later in April 2016 Tony died of a suspected heart attack in his home . His body was discovered by a colleague when he failed to show up for work , and the police later told Eileen Grimshaw the news , and she relayed it to a distraught Jason . The pair went to the hospital to identify the body , which was indeed Tony ' s . In mourning Jason felt guilty because his father had attempted to contact him when in the Manchester area asking if they wanted to meet up , but he forgot . After Callum ' s body was found under the Platt ' s house in May 2016 , Todd discovered that Sarah was present when he was murdered . Because Sarah had recently had a baby and was experiencing severe stress and mental health problems , Todd went to the police and lied that Tony had confessed to the murder , so that Sarah wouldn ' t have to face prison . The police believed Todd , since Tony had access to the manhole where Callum was buried while he was doing building work . The murder weapon that Kylie had used was Tony ' s wrench and a forensic investigation found Tony ' s DNA on it . Detectives concluded that Tony murdered Callum , much to the despair of Jason , who was oblivious to what had really happened Quotes . " See you kiddo " ( Final line , to son Jason )