Damon "Harry" Harris was the controlling adoptive father of Chloe Harris who previously embarked on a relationship with Chas Dingle to get revenge on her half-brother, Caleb Miligan.
Pre-2023: Adopting Chloe and prison[]
Damon built a criminal enterprise through a variety of activities which made him very wealthy. In 2000, Damon and his wife Karen had a daughter called Gemma. They wanted more children but were unable to get pregnant, so when Karen’s old friend, Kerry Wyatt, had a baby she couldn’t take care of, Damon and Karen adopted her, naming her Chloe. They never told Chloe she was adopted and Damon treated her as his own.
In 2018, Damon was devastated to lose Gemma in a car accident. He also lost Karen in 2020 and struggled to cope without her. By 2022, Damon was in prison for money laundering as it was the only charge the police could get him on. Before he went to prison, Damon hired Kerry Wyatt as a cleaner and instructed her to watch over Chloe while he was inside. He was strict with Chloe from behind bars, making her feel suffocated and she demanded he let her move out. Damon was angry and decided to throw her out.
2023: Grudge against Caleb, reuniting with Chloe and death[]
Damon was released from prison at some point in 2023. Under the alias “Harry”, Damon used Longbrook Private Hire to ferry his guns through his employee and Longbrook manager, Corey Sanderson. In August 2023, Corey tasked Nate Robinson with being Harry's chauffeur. Before Harry arrives, Corey advises Nate not to chit-chat, not to use the satnav and to make sure he opens the car door for Harry. In the end, Harry said Nate did fine, before paying Nate and telling him and Corey that he will see them around before leaving. However, Nate then disposed of a shipment of guns that he was assigned to deliver, so Harry went to Longbrook’s office and met with the owner, Caleb Miligan, who was also Nate’s uncle. Harry offered to pay to use the car hire to continue his gun smuggling business, but Caleb demanded that Harry leave and not use his business to cover his smuggling anymore, which annoyed Harry. He threatened Caleb with a gun, before beating him mercilessly and leaving him for dead.
In October 2023, Harry made contact with Caleb’s sister, Chas Dingle, using the false name, Simon. He started a relationship with Chas and got her to trust him. On 17th October 2023, he kidnapped Chas and locked her in the boot of his car, then let Caleb and his brother, Cain Dingle, know that he had their sister. He wanted the money Caleb had cost him by cutting him off from using Longbrook and told them where to deliver it. Cain and Caleb arrived with a large amount of cash in Euros, which Harry was ready to accept but they were interrupted when Aaron Dingle drove a car into Harry. Aaron took the money but Harry managed to get up and they started fighting, with Harry getting the upper hand until Chas hit him with a metal bar. Aaron, Chas, Caleb and Cain then left but Harry didn’t go after them.
Damon was next seen when Chloe called him while in hiding with her young son, Reuben. She told Damon she wanted to get to France to keep Reuben away from his father, Mackenzie Boyd and Damon promised to help. He took Chloe and Reuben to his house but kept stalling about moving to France as he kept Chloe prisoner, not wanting her to leave him and he enjoyed being a grandfather to Reuben.
On 18th December 2023, Damon kidnapped Mackenzie after finding out he left Chloe to die in the car accident he and his wife, Charity were involved in. Damon demanded that Mack sign away his rights to Reuben, or he would kill him. On Christmas Day 2023, Damon found out that Chloe tried to help Mack escape and went to shoot him in front of her, though he hesitated when she stood in the way to stop Mack from being shot. Charity then arrived and tried to stop Damon from killing her husband, but in the struggle Charity accidentally shot Damon dead.