Michelle finds Ali in a state in the flat. He tells her to leave him alone and stumbles out. Ali then picks a fight with two burly bikers outside the tattoo parlour and they give him a good kicking in the alleyway. Ryan comes to Ali's aid and scares them off, before taking Ali home. Michelle is horrified at his injuries. Robert asks Michelle again about having a child of their own.
Elsewhere, it's the first day of Sally's trial and she is upset when there is no sign of Gina and Tim. They eventually arrive just as proceedings are about to start. As Duncan takes the stand and paints himself as an innocent victim who fell in love with Sally and was coerced into defrauding the council, how will Sally cope?
Meanwhile, Paula tries to get Sally to remember what she did on her birthday, as Duncan is saying they spent the night together at a hotel. Kevin remembers that Sally spent the evening of her birthday visiting Jack in hospital.
Later in the week, Brian is exhausted after working all night on the play, only to discover that there was no real urgency at all. Fiz and Tyrone complain to Brian that Hope has been excluded for biting a teacher.
Also, Tim and Gina are incredulous at the lengths that Sally has gone to to stop the case. Gina decides to meet Duncan to quiz him some more.
