 Alison reveals that Brian had goaded his killer, shattering Nick's illusion of his father.Darren Whateley played by Ian Aspinall in 1989 and Andy Robb in 1998 is Brian Tilsley's killer who stabs him when he defends Alison Oakley, a girl he has met at a club, from Darren and two friends.Darren stabs Brian in the abdomen whilst his friends hold him against a wall and leaves him to die in an alleyway.