Liam Connor Liam Barrington Connor was the brother of Michelle Connor and the late Paul Connor and appeared between 2006 and 2008 . He was murdered in a hit and run organised by Tony Gordon , leaving his wife Maria widowed . Biography . Arrival . In September 2006 , Liam arrived at the Rovers to visit his sister and , upon hearing Adam Barlow ' s dis - satisfaction at running Underworld , manipulated the naive and over - confident Adam into selling his 40 % share for £80 , 000 ( less than half its value ) . Upon his arrival , Liam briefly romanced resident Frankie Baldwin . In a comical misunderstanding , he thought that Frankie was a transsexual when , in fact , Hayley Cropper was the person being discussed . Liam confessed to sister Michelle the truth about the death of her late partner , Dean , revealing that during the car accident that claimed Dean ' s life , their brother Paul had been driving and was thus responsible for his death . Paul and Liam had plotted to move Dean ' s body to the driving seat to prevent Paul facing criminal charges . Michelle was horrified by Liam ' s confession and initially disowned both her brothers . Michelle later reconciled with Liam . Liam was once in a relationship with Leanne Battersby , before discovering her secret life as a prostitute . This secret was revealed after her services were hired by Paul . Leanne was later kidnapped by Paul and locked in his car boot . After jumping a red traffic light at a crossroads , Paul ' s Mercedes crashed into a skip and overturned . Paul was killed in the crash and Liam rescued Leanne from the boot of the car . Paul ' s wife , Carla Connor , revealed to Liam that Leanne was working as a prostitute . Despite attempts to rekindle their relationship , and Leanne ' s apparent continued feelings for Liam , the relationship could not survive the revelation . Relationship with Maria Sutherland . Liam initially took a shine to Maria Sutherland and set his sights on her after dumping Leanne . He constantly flirted with Maria and , just a few weeks into their relationship , Maria revealed she was pregnant . Liam insisted he would support her and later on proposed to her after a row with his sister - in - law Carla , for whom he still had feelings . Maria happily accepted his proposal . During a trip to the Lake District in January 2008 , Liam fell down a ravine whilst trying to rescue the couple ' s dog , Ozzy . When Liam regained consciousness , his first words were to ask for Carla , which raised Maria ' s feelings of insecurity . To cement their relationship , Maria began to plan the couple ' s wedding whilst Liam was still in hospital . During an argument with Carla about her new relationship , Liam kissed her passionately . She eventually pulled away but was left confused about her feelings for him . Liam was also confused about his feelings for Carla , and continued to interfere in her relationship with Tony Gordon , trying to split them up . Affair with Carla Connor . Liam had always loved Carla but never acted on it , he put it down to being protective over her . He first knew when his brother Paul brought her home - he felt different . Carla always looked out for Liam , and as they grew up together there was always a connection between . When Paul died it pushed Liam and Carla together and they got closer . They would hide their feelings by annoying each other , winding each other up and acting childish . At a conference in Birmingham , Liam and Carla got very close but Carla ' s plans were ruined when her boyfriend Tony Gordon turned up at the hotel . Prior to Liam ' s wedding to Maria , a further kiss ensued between Liam and Carla , but Liam still married Maria because he was still confused and scared of his feelings for Carla and he didn ' t want to hurt Maria or any of his family . He knew his feelings and love for Carla were forbidden . Maria & Liam ' s heartbreak . Towards the end of April , Maria was horrified to discover that her baby was no longer kicking . She was escorted to Weatherfield General alone to receive the news that her child had died . When she went into hospital again and gave birth to the deceased infant , she decided that Liam shouldn ' t know about the end of her pregnancy . Because the pregnancy was so advanced , the midwives advised her to have labour induced straight away . After the stillbirth of the baby boy , Maria still decided to keep the news from Liam and hid from him at Audrey ' s . house . In fact , Liam only found out about his child ' s death from a midwife when she called to check on Maria . The newly married couple had a huge argument , which climaxed in Maria declaring that the marriage was over just under three months into it . With Maria walking out on him , Liam went into a short depression and sought comfort in sex with Carla . He and Maria then considered a new baby on their reunion . Carla began to blackmail him into selling his share of the factory to Tony . He signed over his 40 % share for ₤180 , 000 in an attempt to keep the truth of his infidelity from Maria . Liam and his cousin Tom Kerrigan planned to start a new business called Lad Rags together , but Tom failed to obtain £50 , 000 for setting up costs . This eventually led Carla into the situation , making her part of the business . Frustrated with this , Liam was furious with Tom , although he didn ' t tell Maria about the situation . It was evident that Liam still had strong feelings for his old flame . Murder . In October , upon seeing Carla in her wedding dress , Liam ' s passion for her was reignited and they again had sex . On the day of Tony and Carla ' s stag and hen parties , Liam met with Carla , told her that he loved her and urged her to call off the wedding . During the day Liam rang and sent text messages to Carla , appealing to her to do the right thing . Meanwhile , Tony was quietly suspicious and correctly guessed that Liam was secretly contacting Carla , and Carla was convinced by Leanne to follow her heart and pursue Liam . Her words struck a chord and Carla decided to end her engagement with Tony and go with Liam . However , it was then revealed that Maria was pregnant . Carla was heartbroken and , not wanting to be the one to take away the unborn child ' s father , urged Maria to tell an unknowing Liam the news . Liam was murdered during Tony ' s stag - do after Tony had secretly arranged a hit and run car accident . Liam had left the money that had been gathered for the stag do in the pub that they had just left , and was told by Tony to rush back and get it . As Liam was walking backwards across the road he was hit by a car at high speed . In tears , Tony fell to the ground and ordered everyone to move out of the way and call an ambulance . As the rest of the stag party called for an ambulance . Tony whispered the words " Looks like the best man lost " as well as " Brother " , " Son " , " Father " and " Roadkill " . Moments after the incident , Maria arrived to tell Liam the news that she was pregnant but she was , of course , distraught to find him dead . It seemed that Liam has been killed upon impact and could not be saved despite the paramedics ' efforts . News of Liam ' s death spread quickly over Weatherfield as friends and relatives mourned his passing . Tony had actually taken Liam ' s wallet , and , after taking the money , threw it into the canal . Quotes . " Why would I tell the taxi driver that ? " ( First line , to Steve McDonald )