An unnamed Police Officer was on desk duty at Hotten Police Station in June 2015 when Victoria Sugden reported that she had accidentally ran over Ashley Thomas. She explained how Ashley got up and walked away but later fell into a coma. A few months later in September 2015, the officer arrested Carly Hope for conspiracy to commit fraud after she admitted in court that she persuaded her dad Bob and neighbor Val Pollard to secure money for her to buy the shop fraudulently.