However, Leo was killed when Whitney found out he had been secretly living in her loft and spying on her.
In a dramatic showdown, Whitney grabbed a knife and killed Leo in self-defence, but instead of going straight to the police, she went off to the Albert Square boat party in a bid to dump the murder weapon in the Thames.
However, when Denny Rickman (Bleu Landau) drowned, Whitney decided she had to come clean and told a police officer at the party what she had done and showed him the knife.
Just days before her murder trial was set to begin though, Michaela arrived in Albert Square seeking justice for her family.