![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/what-happened-to-steven-beale-on-eastenders-as-mum-cindy-returns-to-albert-square/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2_Steven-Beale.jpg&description=With Michelle Collins' Cindy Beale returning to EastEnders after a 25 year absence, here's what happened to one of her children, Steven Beale, while she's been away Cindy Beale has made a shocking return to Albert Square leaving her fellow EastEnders residents completely speechless in the process. The character, played by Michelle Collins, had been away from the Square for 25 years after reportedly dying during childbirth while in prison after being found guilty of conspiracy to murder. The character has a long-established history on the soap, with six children, two stepsons, a grandson, and two granddaughters, in the show and storylines spanning decades since her introduction back in May 1988. But one of her sons, Steven, is no longer around to welcome her back to the Square. Steven was the son of Cindy and Simon Wicks, who was last seen on the soap back in 2012. At the time of Steven's birth, Cindy was married to Ian Beale, and she went out of her way to try and convince Ian that he was Steven's father. The truth eventually came out and Cindy and Simon left the Square together in December 1990, but Cindy and her son returned only a couple of years later and reunited with Ian, who raised Steven as his own. It was during this stint on the soap that he is embroiled in a bitter custody battle between Cindy and Ian, which is finally resolved with Cindy keeping custody of her son - only to be arrested the same day. After Cindy is sent to prison and supposedly dies in childbirth, Steven alone attends her mother's "funeral" and stays with Ian and various different step-mothers. After his relationship with Ian breaks down, Steven leaves the Square once again in 2002 to go and live with dad Simon in Auckland, New Zealand. The character is then away from the Square for five years, returning in 2007 and begins stalking Ian and pretending to be his "late" wife Cindy. After luring Ian to an empty block of flats, he then takes his adoptive dad hostage. During this time, he tells){kind=link}
With Michelle Collins’ Cindy Beale returning to EastEnders after a 25 year absence, here’s what happened to one of her children, Steven Beale, while she’s been away
Cindy Beale has made a shocking return to Albert Square leaving her fellow EastEnders residents completely speechless in the process.
The character, played by Michelle Collins, had been away from the Square for 25 years after reportedly dying during childbirth while in prison after being found guilty of conspiracy to murder. The character has a long-established history on the soap, with six children, two stepsons, a grandson, and two granddaughters, in the show and storylines spanning decades since her introduction back in May 1988. But one of her sons, Steven, is no longer around to welcome her back to the Square.
Steven was the son of Cindy and Simon Wicks, who was last seen on the soap back in 2012. At the time of Steven’s birth, Cindy was married to Ian Beale, and she went out of her way to try and convince Ian that he was Steven’s father.
The truth eventually came out and Cindy and Simon left the Square together in December 1990, but Cindy and her son returned only a couple of years later and reunited with Ian, who raised Steven as his own. It was during this stint on the soap that he is embroiled in a bitter custody battle between Cindy and Ian, which is finally resolved with Cindy keeping custody of her son – only to be arrested the same day.