As the painful reunion of Zoe Slater and mum Kat continues in EastEnders tonight (Tuesday, September 2), talk turned to Zoe’s father and Kat’s uncle, the vile Harry Slater. This came as Zoe, feeling tricked into seeing her mum again, attempted to get back out of Walford.
However, Zoe was determined to get through to her daughter, and did her best to make Zoe open up over what had driven her away. As it turned out, it wasn’t just Kat’s parenting which had driven her away.
Sharing her disgust at being what she described as an ‘incest rape baby,’ Zoe has never overcome the revelation that her sister was actually her mum. And, more than that, the horrifiying knowledge that Harry was her biological father.
But what do we know about Harry Slater?
Harry Slater was Kat’s uncle (Credit: BBC/YouTube)
Who was EastEnders’ Harry Slater, and what did he do to Kat?
Harry Slater was the younger brother of Kat’s father, Charlie. Unbeknownst to her dad, Harry had begun grooming niece Kat when she was a child.
When she turned 13, Harry raped Kat, resulting in the birth of twins Zoe and Luke. Aware of what had happened, Kat’s mum, Viv, covered it all up. Passing the second baby off as afterbirth, Viv left Luke for adoption at a convent, while raising Zoe as the daughter of herself and Charlie.
Soon after the incident, Harry left the UK for Spain.
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