Dawn Prescott Dawn Prescott was taken on as a shop assistant at Weatherfield Security Systems in January 1989 , when Alan Bradley first opened the shop . Dawn worked alongside Alan and Martin Platt and her responsibilities included managing the shop while Alan and Martin were on call - outs . Dawn soon discovered she ' d got involved in a messy situation . The money for Alan ' s business came from a mortgage he ' d taken out on 7 Coronation Street under the name of Len Fairclough . So that Rita wouldn ' t see any letters from the building society addressed to her dead husband , Alan had all correspondence sent to the shop and asked Dawn not to come in until 9am - after he ' d dealt with the post . Dawn caught a glimpse of letters addressed to Len Fairclough anyway , although she didn ' t let on to Alan . A worse problem was that Alan was a womaniser and fancied his chances with Dawn , who was unattached . Dawn thought she could handle him and told him she wanted to keep their relationship professional when he asked to take her out . To get Dawn to go out with him , Alan made her responsible for doing the shop ' s books and took her out for a meal to talk her through it . Dawn felt uncomfortable at the meal and when Alan asked her to go away with him on a business trip to Preston , she refused . Once the shop was closed , Alan made a pass at Dawn and grabbed her when she tried to get away . Dawn realised he was going to rape her and elbowed him , managing to run off . Dawn decided to face Alan but brought along her friend Lynne Nelson to the shop as a witness . Alan denied assault and told Dawn it was his word against hers . Dawn called him a bastard . She then turned up at The Kabin to tell Rita what had happened , but Rita thought she was trying to cause trouble as Alan had sacked her . Dawn told Rita to ask Alan about the letters for Len Fairclough . Dawn ' s revelation caused Rita to investigate Alan and learn about him defrauding her but while he was arrested and sentenced for his scam and for assaulting Rita ( when Rita confronted him about it ) , Dawn didn ' t pursue her grievances with him further . After this , Dawn got a job as an estate agent and in September she showed Mike Baldwin and Alma Sedgewick around a flat in Weatherfield Quays , the new dockland development . As Mike knew Rita , Dawn arranged to see Rita as she felt partly responsible for what Alan did to her and wanted to clear the air . Rita accepted her apology graciously . Dawn then started going out with Mike and moved in with him at his new flat . She got involved in his business dealings with Maurice Jones , a property developer who wanted to buy the factory . Dawn found out Jones had bought the Community Centre too , putting Mike onto the fact that Jones was re - developing Coronation Street and he ' d be able to sell the factory for more than it was worth . In November , Dawn ' s brother Robert Prescott flew in from Spain . He got on well with Dawn but not with Mike , as Robert ' s property developments abroad made him feel small - time . To satisfy his ego , Mike flew to Spain to buy a petrol station in Alcazar that Robert was after as the land would soon increase in value , and then offered to sell it to Robert for £250 , 000 - £100 , 000 more than Mike had paid . Robert had the last laugh as Mike had bought the petrol station off him through an intermediary and it was worthless . Mike had put every penny he had into the deal and had a confrontation with Dawn , accusing her of being in league with Robert . Dawn got annoyed and left the flat and Mike . Audrey Roberts also saw Dawn about a dockland flat but the plans fell through as she couldn ' t talk Alf round .