Eli (Marc Silcock)

Eli was a friend of Barry Newton. The pair met in foster care in circa 2000. On Barry's tenth birthday, Eli committed suicide by hanging himself, having had enough of years in foster care, and Barry discovered his body. The event left Barry scarred for life.
In April 2008, Eli turned up at Barry's door, surprising him. Eli began making Newt do pranks, however, the small pranks eventually got more serious, to the level of making a smoke-bomb and planting it in The Loft, and trashing Evissa, which began to scare Newt who did not want to go along with Eli, who made him. Nobody other than Newt interacted with Eli.
Barry's girlfriend Lauren Valentine found videos that Newt made, of him performing actions that Eli had supposedly done. Finally, whilst Newt and Eli were chanting 'Eli's gonna get ya', Eli disappeared and it was revealed that he never existed. He was Newt's alternate identity, acting out all Newt's thoughts. Newt was then diagnosed with Schizophrenia, and Eli was an audible hallucination caused by this. While in hospital, Newt told Lauren the full story.
Eli returned in December 2008 when Newt stopped taking his medication. He managed to stir things between Newt and Lauren, which ended up in Lauren going to hospital. Eli left when Lauren burnt his belongings, and Newt threw him out. When he opened the door, Eli was gone.
Newt stopped taking his medication in September 2009 and a vicious attack on Gaz Bennett made him feel like no one believed him. Due to both reasons, Eli returned. Newt made a friend named Rae Wilson, who was suicidal. Eli took an instant disliking to her, taking over Newt's body to attack her however Newt managed to take control before any real harm was done. Newt and Rae decided to commit suicide together, to free themselves. Ready to jump into a dockland, Newt pushed in Eli, who did not resurface. Rae was later revealed to be a person created in Newt's mind, after seeing a photo of Rae.
== List of appearances ==
=== 2008 ===
*8th April 2008
*9th April 2008
*8th May 2008
*9th May 2008
*27th May 2008
*28th May 2008
*13th June 2008
*16th June 2008
*17th June 2008
*19th June 2008
*20th June 2008
*11th July 2008
*14th July 2008
*15th July 2008
*17th July 2008
*18th July 2008
*21st July 2008
*4th August 2008
*7th August 2008
*26th September 2008
*3rd October 2008
*8th October 2008
*18th December 2008
*19th December 2008
*22nd December 2008
=== 2009 ===
*18th September 2009
*5th October 2009
*6th October 2009
*7th October 2009
*8th October 2009
*9th October 2009
Category:Hollyoaks characters
Category:2008 minor characters
Category:2009 minor characters
Category:2002 deaths
Category:Deceased characters