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John Hall was a police officer who called at 11 Coronation Street one night in November 2014 to speak to Eileen Grimshaw. As she was out, he informed Jason Grimshaw that his brother Todd had been mugged and was in Weatherfield General. He had been cut off from his family for his part in a scam to con Tyrone Dobbs and Fiz Stape over a botched loft conversion but the incident brought him back into the fold.

In the following January, John called at No.8 and spoke with David Platt after he reported his wife Kylie missing. David gave the officer information about gangster Callum Logan, explaining that he was dealing drugs from The Dog & Gun pub and, after learning that he was also supplying Kylie with speed, Callum threatened David who he was now in fear for his family's safety.

Six months later, he led a drugs raid on The Dog & Gun where Bethany Platt was drinking with Callum and Gemma Winter. Callum had only just given Bethany a packet of drugs to deliver and she managed to pass it to Gemma. When she tried to go to the toilets alone, PC Hall insisted that another Police Officer accompany her. He ascertained that Bethany was underage though she denied drinking. He insisted that Callum - or Pablo Escobar as he called him - go to the gents for a body search. Gemma was duly arrested but and let off with a caution.

In September 2016, PC Hall and a colleague arrived at Underworld after Craig Tinker had reported his mother for bigamy. Craig had grown curious about his father, Darryl Parkins, who had abandoned him since before he was born. Visiting Darryl in Highfield Prison, Craig discovered that his parents had never been divorced and therefore Beth's marriage to Kirk Sutherland in January 2015 had been illegal. Beth refused to go to Weatherfield Police Station with the officers and PC Hall therefore arrested her in front of her astonished colleagues. She was subsequently given a £150 fine and community service.

In February 2017, PC Hall and a colleague were summoned to the Rovers when owner Steve McDonald was locked out by his wife Michelle when she discovered that he had hidden the fact that he was the father of Oliver Battersby, Leanne's son, after their own son Ruairi was stillborn. Michelle was demanding half his assets in a divorce and his reply that she could whistle led her to take the drastic action she was undertaking. PC Hall demanded that the locked door be opened and Michelle reluctantly complied, only for the police to find that all was calm within with the customers, sympathetic to Michelle, knocking back free drinks for Rita Tanner's birthday. Agreeing that the matter was a domestic one, the police left, warning Steve not to waste their time again.

Four months later, Hall, his colleague PC Saunders and other officers arrived at a service station to arrest Nathan Curtis following a phone call from a concerned mother after Bethany Platt approached her and her daughter, asking them to phone the police as Nathan was taking her to Hull, trying to make her leave for Belgium, and that she didn't want to go. The manipulative Nathan led a child grooming ring and had ensnared Bethany, making her have sex with his many "friends". Despite being arrested for GBH and sexual exploitation of a child, Nathan was released on bail and was trying to flee with Bethany.

In October 2017, PC Hall and a colleague arrested Adam Barlow and Todd Grimshaw on suspicion of burglary. Upon his return the previous year from Canada, Adam had laid claim to the Underworld factory, saying that the Connor family had conned him out of it back in September 2006. The claim had little chance of legal success but nevertheless initiated a bitter feud between the two parties, especially Aidan Connor who was also a love rival for Eva Price. When Aiden cheated on her with Maria Connor, she joined forces with Adam to gain revenge and on the day of her supposed wedding to Aidan, she gave Adam the keys to the factory to enable him to have the premises stripped bare. Only a few weeks later, Alya Nazir purchased one of the stolen machines by accident and a business card for Barlow Legal Services was found inside it. At the station, Todd stated that on the day of the break-in, he had been in Manchester and, keeping his cool, lied that he had done a card drop-off several weeks before in the area where the machine had been purchased. The two men were released for lack of firm evidence.

In January 2018 he arrested Luke Britton for assault after he punched racist businessmen Justin and Dale Parker who had taunted both himself and his girlfriend Alya when she was trying to do a deal between their clothing firm Showcase and Underworld. Imran Habeeb represented Luke at the subsequent questioning where he advised him to say nothing, but his client refused to listen telling PC Hall of the abuse he had been subjected to and suggested to the policeman that he checked the Parker brothers records to see what kind of men that they were. Luke was formally charged, awaiting trial, but the matter turned out to be incidental when soon afterwards Luke was murdered by Pat Phelan after he got too close to discovering the truth about how the crooked builder had been involved in the death of his friend Andy Carver.

Just under two months later, Bethany was in trouble again. Having escaped Nathan's clutches for good, she was nevertheless having to deal with the mental trauma of her sexual abuse and chose the dubious occupation of being a lap-dancer at a club named Tassels, even though she was under age. One day, she performed her act for a stag party when she had a sudden flashback that the groom was Nathan and she lashed out, glassing him in the face. The party rang the police and PC Hall took Bethany to the station, pointing out to Bethany that she could have scarred him for life. Craig was now a probationer officer himself and, carrying a torch for Bethany, insisted on being in the interview but PC Hall told him it was against procedure and warned him to stay away otherwise he would be reported to his superior. Instead, Sarah Platt sat in as the appropriate adult. Bethany had previously claimed that she had been defending herself but in the formal interview was dazed and confused. Hearing from her daughter about the flashback, Sarah had to bring PC Hall up to date with her history involving Nathan. He expressed his sympathies but told her that it was likely that she would be charged with GBH. She was released by PC Hall on bail, pending a court hearing within a few days but was saved by the victim who refused to press charges.

In November 2018, Seb Franklin trashed Preston's Petals in an act of revenge against Tracy McDonald who he blamed for getting his mother Abi sacked from Webster's Autocentre. Tracy had stolen a laptop with CCTV footage from the garage which held incriminating evidence of her trying to get revenge on Abi after mistakenly thinking she was having an affair with husband Steve. The loss of her job led to her relapsing back into her drugs habit and then been suspended from having visitation rights by her twin children who had been fostered against her wishes. When a guilt-ridden Tracy confessed her part in the event to Abi, Seb took his action against her.

Abi tried to prevent him in the act and she, in turn, was discovered seemingly alone by Ken Barlow while Seb hid in the back. Summoned by Ken, Hall recognised Abi of old, describing her as one of the police's "frequent flyers". She tried to escape, more to give Seb a chance to get away unseen, but was caught and taken to the station. She took the rap to protect her son and was given a 16-week custodial sentence in Norcross Prison.

PC Hall then investigated a mugging in June 2019 when Yasmeen Nazir was robbed of the Speed Daal takings whilst walking to the bank with them. The criminal had been in the restaurant and overheard her telling granddaughter Alya telling her to deposit the money. He followed her and snatched the bag in Rosamund Street, fighting her off as he ran into the ginnel behind Coronation Street. Tracy McDonald saw the altercation and got helped Yasmeen back to No.6 from where she rang the police. PC Hall took a detailed statement from Yasmeen about the appearance of her assailant which he said would prove very useful if they were also able to trace him on local CCTV. Yasmeen's partner Geoff Metcalfe was increasing his level of coercive control over her and used the mugging opportunity to try and persuade her to stay indoors and not venture out. He was therefore frustrated a couple of days later when the police caught the robber after he had mugged two other women.

In January 2020, PC Hall and a colleague called at 9 Coronation Street following a 999 call made from the house earlier in the day. Fiz Stape had made the call after knocking unconscious Jade Rowan. She was the natural daughter of the deceased John Stape and she had been carrying on an insidious campaign to wrest control of her half-sister Hope from Fiz's care. Events reached a climax when Hope went missing, even though on this occasion Jade was innocent of any involvement, but Fiz had had enough of her lies and clubbed Jade to the kitchen floor with a chopping board. She then killed a call for an ambulance when Evelyn Plummer returned to the house with daughters Hope and Ruby in tow. While the family was distracted, Jade came to and fled through the back door, eventually collapsing unconscious in the Victoria Street ginnel where she was discovered by a passing Yasmeen. The family denied any knowledge of what had happened to the unconscious girl who, when she came round in hospital, lied to the police that she had been the victim of a mugging. Calling back to No.9, she tried to use this as a bargaining chip to be allowed to continue to see Hope.

Two months later, in the March, Geoff's measure of coercive control over Yasmeen had reached the stage where Alya had firm suspicions that he was isolating her from her family and friends. She confided in friend Toyah Habeeb who suggested invoking Clare's Law to try and find out if Geoff had form. The two ladies went to the police station where PC Hall took the details from them to investigate the criminal records. Several weeks later, PC Garner was able to report back to Yasmeen that five years earlier a lady named Jocelyn Walkey had made a complaint of harassment against Geoff.

In November 2020, PC Hall and a colleague took Emma Brooker in for questioning after they had arrested Scott Emberton who had committed an armed robbery at the Viaduct Bistro. Emma had spotted a shotgun in Scott’s holdall, and he bought her silence with £5,000 which she was desperate to give to the legal fund for her dying half-brother Oliver Battersby whose life-support was going to be switched off. After being captured, Scott came clean about everything, including the money he gave Emma. PC Hall questioned her at the station, but she denied any knowledge, despite the police offering her protection if she was afraid of Scott. Afterwards, Emma's conscience got the better of her and on the advice of solicitor Imran Habeeb she went back to the station and changed her statement. PC Hall listened to the tearful discourse but had no option but to arrest the sobbing girl for handling stolen goods. After consultation with the CPS, the charge was changed to one of money laundering for which she was fined.

In September 2021, Abi Franklin was arrested by the officer when she locked herself and Stefan Brent in the latter's office in an attempt to get him to confess the he had paid off witnesses who were appearing in the ongoing trial of his son Corey for kicking her son Seb to death. Stefan had had a panic alarm fitted in his office and his secretary called the police. Abi was arrested for committing a breach of the peace but a sympathetic Craig Tinker had a word with a lenient duty sergeant who let her go without charge.

In December 2021, PC Hall interviewed Daniel Osbourne after a smitten Max Turner made a public allegation that he had made inappropriate advances towards pupil Summer Spellman. Summer was herself in love with the oblivious teacher who was helping her with the best of intentions with her ambitions to gain a place at Oxford University and Max had totally misread the situation. In the meantime, Summer had visited Daniel's flat on several occasions for either a private tutorial, or to babysit his son Bertie unaware that he was in a secret relationship with Daisy Midgeley. Daniel’s solicitor nephew Adam Barlow represented him as he was questioned in some detail by the officer about what they called each other both inside and outside of school, the babysitting arrangements, and a love poem that Daniel had put in her bag which was intended to be part of the texts that she was studying. Daniel had problems keeping his temper during the interrogation which ended with the advice that he steer clear of Summer. After PC Carson spoke with Summer and corroborated Daniels evidence, the matter was dropped.

In November 2022, PC Hall and a colleague arrested Spider Nugent after immigrant Daryan Zahawi was set upon by a group of masked extremists. led by Griff Reynolds in Victoria Gardens. They even went so far as to upload a video of the attack to social media where Spider’s features were recognised. He was taken to the police station to be interrogated by DS Swain who had previously been one of the few to find out that Spider was actually an undercover police officer and on an accredited mission to infiltrate the group. She was therefore instructed by higher powers to let him go and drop the charges.

In June 2023, PC Hall called at No.8 to see Max Turner after Alya Nazir made a complaint about him. He had just been released from a secure training centre after serving four months of a ten-month sentence for incitement to attempted murder where the victim was Alya. She had become the target of a racist teenager named Blake Myers. Having produced videos for Griff Reynolds's fascist group which Blake claimed had encouraged him, Max was full of remorse upon his release and wanted to make his feelings known to Alya, despite a condition being imposed on him that he did not approach her nor go within fifty yards of the Speed Daal. Hoping to circumvent this, he handed a delivery man outside a letter expressing his feelings to pass on to Alya. PC Hall reminded Max that he had breached the terms of his release and warned him that he would be returned to the STC if there was one more incident.

Credited as "Police Officer", the character's name was given in dialogue in his first appearance. He has been credited under the name "PC Hall" from Episode 8694 (27th July 2015) onwards.

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