Kayleigh Gibbs was a friend of Victoria Sugden.
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Kayleigh first appeared in March 2005, attending Victoria Sugden's birthday party. She appeared again later in the year when she attended a karate class alongside Victoria. During the class, Victoria and Kayleigh noticed a spark between Kayleigh's dad, Martin Crowe and Louise Appleton, who was chaperoning Victoria. Martin and Louise went on a date, however, the pair later fell out when Martin discovered that Louise had allowed Kayleigh and Victoria to wander off with Daz Eden, who frightened them with ghost stories. Louise and Martin eventually made up and began a proper relationship, with Martin and Kayleigh moving in with Louise in January 2006 .
Kayleigh developed a crush on Daz Eden and seemed oblivious to the fact that he did not feel the same way about her. Kayleigh was left devastated when Daz rejected her for Debbie Dingle, leading to Louise talking to Kayleigh about relationships.
In August 2006, Martin found out that Louise once killed a man, and decided that, whilst he would not report her, he could not stay with her, and decided to leave the village. He did not tell Kayleigh the real reason why he had left Louise, and weeks later, she returned and asked Louise why they had split up. Kayleigh did not believe Louise's lies that things just hadn't worked out and told her that she never wanted to see her again.
Although she no longer lived in the village, Kayleigh remained friends with Victoria and still visisted from time to time. Together the girls have snuck into clubs, and egged the post office, causing a pregnant Viv Hope to collapse. In July 2007, Kayleigh and Victoria attended an outdoor pursuits centre with school, but Victoria, who was scared of water, ended up lashing out at the instructor when her fear got the better of her, leading to embarrasment for Kayleigh. However, the two girls soon made up and Kayleigh supported Victoria when she was bullied later in the year.
In November 2008, Victoria and Kayleigh got money off various people in order to buy tickets to a New Year's Party, and in December, Kayleigh is seen when Aaron Livesy is bullying Victoria.
Kayleigh next appeared in November 2009 and was involved in a bullying story with Hannah Barton. Kayleigh took a disliking to Victoria being friends with Hannah and sent her insulting text messages. After Hannah told her parents what had been going on, they confronted Victoria, believing her to be just as involved as Kayleigh. Victoria promised that she would ask Kayleigh to lay off Hannah. However, the following day, she came home from school covered in cuts and bruises having got into a fight with Kayleigh. Victoria ended her friendship with Kayleigh and she hasn't been seen since.