Curtis

**Curtis** was the main antagonist in Lauryn's storyline, he is portrayed by Howard Charles.

## Biography

### Season 4

Curtis is the sociopathic boyfriend of Lauryn, he is the brother of Vee who in turn is just as dangerous. He is first seen with his friend Speaks and sister Vee cleaning a batch of weapons, Lauryn who is heavily pregnant walks in disturbed by what she seen and berates Curtis about having the weapons in their home, his sister Vee gets angered by this and starts to belittle her to the dismay of Curtis she leaves the room upset and Curtis then comforts her though it comes across he is manipulating and controlling everything she does. Lauryn then arranges to meet her sister Jaq's who arrives from London and pleads with her to help because she hates living with Curtis and his sister who seems to despise her, Jaq's promises to help her but the visit was then cut short as Curtis rings Lauryn demanding where she is and times her from where she supposedly is and how long it would take her to get back to his house. Lauryn becomes overwhelmed by the controlling nature of Curtis and plans to escape, she tells Curtis she needs new clothes and underwear because of the pregnancy nothing will fit her he eventually comes around and agrees but only if he goes with her taking Vee and Speaks with him. When they get to the store Lauryn convinces Curtis she needs to go in on her own as she is embarresed by her body and does not want to be seen by him and definitely not by Vee so he reluctanly agrees. Meanwhile Curtis Vee and speaks are engaged outside the shop talking Lauryn takes the opportunity to run out the fire exit and escapes but not long before Vee discover she is gone they then begin to pursue her but she manages to get away in a taxi which takes her back to London. A furious Curtis then rings Jaqs off Lauryns phone but with Lauryn hiding Jaqs pretends to think it is Lauryn who rings her and pretends to be concerned of her whereabouts until Curtis begins to talk. Curtis and crew then head to London asking around of Lauryns whereabouts but comes up with nothing he then heads to Shellys nail salon and begins to interogate Niomi as he knows Shelly is Lauryns best friend but she tells him nothing. Jaqs pleads with Dushane for help but he reluctanly agrees and arranges to meet Curtis in the cafe when they do Dushane tells him Lauryn wants nothing to do with him and should spare his dignity and go home Curtis calmly enraged smiles and leaves. Curtis and his crew decide to get back at Dushane and steal a batch from a storehouse that was guarded by 2 Samsi and Bradders and beats them and takes it. Later on he video calls Dushane telling him if lauryn is not returned he will slowly burn the batch the longer she is away burning one package as an example but Dushane though bothered doesn't seem to break. Curtis Vee and Speaks decide then to shoot up Shellys nail salon from the inside with Shelly inside. Jaqs turns up to notify Dushane who runs to the salon to find a distraught Shelly. He then divises a plan to kill Curtis by using Jaq as bait in which she rings Curtis to tell her she will give him Lauryn so a truce can be called but in reality this was a set up and Vee tried to warn Curtis that it is so, but Curtis has a counter plan to kidnap Jaq as leverage to get Lauryn. As Vee Curtis and Streaks head to meet Jaqs Lauryn rings him to tell him to not go that it is a set up and Curtis and her arrange to meet in the flat. Curtis then go off on his own to meet Lauryn they embrace but he tells her calmly that he her and the baby are a family while holding her neck gently but in a threatning manner, she then plunges a knife into his side and chest they have a struggle and Curtis weakens from bleeding out and she lands a fatal blow to his neck and then becomes hysterical. As Jaqs Dushane and others turn up she is still in hysterics and unresponsive. Dushane then has the body of Curtis destroyed in a car crusher. Sully then rings Vee and told her of his demise to her devastation and that it was best for her to forget him and go back to Liverpool.