 Writing in "Radio Times" at the time of the character's departure, David Brown criticised her leaving storyline as being "cruel" and "undeserved", saying "After all, this is a woman who – during her ten years on screen – has been held hostage, raped, suffered a miscarriage, contemplated suicide and had two husbands die on her," commenting that "we want our soap femme fatales to exit with their heads held high.