List of EastEnders characters introduced in 2007
Detective Inspector Kelly, played by
Ian Burfield, is a
police detective at Walford Police Station. In 2007, he investigates the death of
Pauline Fowler (
Wendy Richard) and subsequently arrests
Sonia Fowler (
Natalie Cassidy) for her murder following the funeral. He arrests
May Wright (
Amanda Drew) for abducting
Summer Swann, and also
Phil Mitchell (
Steve McFadden) on suspicion of murdering his fiancée
Stella Crawford (
Sophie Thompson). He appears when he is investigating
Jay Brown's stabbing. In August 2008 he investigates the murder of
Jase Dyer (
Stephen Lord) and interrogates
Billy Mitchell (
Perry Fenwick) as a key witness. In July 2010 he informs
Liz Turner (
Kate Williams) that a body found in
Albert Square is that of her son
Owen (
Lee Ross), and takes his ex-wife
Denise Johnson (
Diane Parish) in for questioning. Denise is released without charge. Kelly later informs Denise's family that her car has been discovered abandoned by a canal, and then that the body of a woman was pulled from the canal along with Denise's mobile phone. Lucas identifies the body as Denise's, however, Kelly still believes somebody else was involved in Owen's murder. Kelly's actor Ian Burfield had previously played a police detective in 1997, DI Hamilton, and went on to play
DCI Peter Arthurs in 2018.
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