 Dolly wanted to move out of Emmerdale but Matt refused and they began to grow apart, resulting in her affair with timber consultant Stephen Fuller in 1988.Fuller was killed by a falling tree in November 1988 and Dolly arranged his funeral.Dolly left Matt and began divorce proceedings in November 1989 and left the village in 1991, having had an abortion after an affair with crooked councillor Charlie Aindow.