Mike (2022 character)

Mike is an old friend and former cellmate of Will Taylor who Will called in May 2022 in a bid to track down Jamie Tate, the son of Will's fiancée, Kim Tate, who was suspected to have died in a car crash the previous year, but Will had reason to believe he may have faked his own death and could still be alive.
A few weeks later, Mike informed Will that a man matching Jamie's description had been seen in the vicinity of Jamie's former mother-in-law Hazel's old house on several occasions. Mike explained that the man was a frequent patron of a local coffee shop so he'd managed to snag a sample of his DNA from a discarded coffee cup and ordered Will to get a sample from Jamie's son Thomas for comparison.
When Will handed Mike the sample of Thomas' DNA the following day, Mike told him that if he wanted the results the same day, it would cost £3,000. Will met up with Mike by the side of a road later that day to hand over the cash and to get the results. Mike informed Will that the DNA results showed the man wasn't Jamie as there was a 0% match to the sample from Thomas. Will was shocked and frustrated as not only had he began to believe Jamie really had faked his own death, but he had spent £3,000 on a wild goose chase.
It was later revealed Jamie, who was indeed still alive, had paid Mike to give Will fake DNA test results.
==List of appearances==
===2022===
*Wed 18th May
*Wed 8th Jun
*Thu 9th Jun (1)
*Thu 9th Jun (2)
*Fri 10th Jun
Category:Emmerdale characters
Category:Convicts
Category:Private Investigators
Category:2022 minor characters