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Callum Kane was the son of Martha Kane, and the brother of Ash Kane and Lacey Kane, until he was murdered by Jade Hedy when he was stabbed with a samurai sword.
Biography[]
2011: Arrival[]
Callum arrive in September 2011 when he joins Hollyoaks High School where he meets Maddie Morrison and the two end up clashing at first but soon start to develop feelings for one another but would often insult each other to hide how they really feel until one night after Callum spots a drunken Maddie arguing with Joel Dexter to which Callum offers to walk Maddie home where they would then share a kiss. Callum and Maddie begin to actually tell their feelings to one another especially when George Smith and Tilly Evans end up locking them in a cupboard.
All seems to be going well for a short time until Callum puts his foot in it when Callum decides to bad mouth Maddie's friends, George and Tilly. Callum apologises the next day though and they quickly get back together but sick of Maddie not being totally honest Callum decides to end their relationship.
2012: Family and Relationship Issues[]
Callum is then soon joined by his family by January 2012. H's joined by his mother, Martha Kane and sisters Ash and Lacey Kane as well as his mothers new Australian boyfriend, Ally Gorman whom Callum takes a huge disliking too. Callum is soon faced with his family problems when his mother is seen to be an alcoholic this causes Callum to pull Martha up on her excessive drinking but this would usually lead to heated rows between Callum and his mother. Eventually after giving his mother an ultimatum, Callum himself decides to get drunk which results in Callum getting violent when he trashes his home and pushes over his sister Ash this then leads Callum to be arrested after all this Callum and his mother have a heart to heart where Callum manages to convince her that his mother should seek help for her alcoholism.
Not being Ally's biggest fan. Callum decides to do some detective work by trying to find out who Ali really is this leads to Callum finding out that Ali has been in multiple relationships with women under multiple identities and his real name isn't Ally. Callum then sets up Ally on his lies but abides his time. Callum then makes amends with his mother after multiple arguments. Callum eventually has other things on his mind however when Maddie tragically dies in a Bus accident causing Callum too grieve for her and his mother to support him through it.
After Maddie's death he attend the funeral where he has a heart to heart with his mother and lays flowers and thanks her but Callum finds out of the romance between his younger sister Lacey and Ally, in response to this Callum punches Ally and is furious with Lacey causing them to have a huge argument but Ally is finally outed and his arrested for multiple charges of Fraud. Callum makes up his his sister and along with his sister Ash agrees that Martha can come back and live with them.
2013: Robbery, Holly & Death[]
After the events of Ally and Lacey's departure, Callum along with his family have a quite few months but Callum eventually comes to some money troubles an struggles to earn money to help to provide for his loved ones eventually thanks to his headmaster, Patrick Blake, Callum meets new student, Robbie Roscoe and Callum straight away sees that Robbie is trouble and after some persuasion Callum agrees to rob the local shop, Price Slice, along with Robbie and his friend Finn O'Connor the Robbery does not to plan as it results in Callum being accidentally shot by Robbie in his leg however Callum manages to survive.
Callum starts a brief relationship with fellow teen, Holly Cunningham their relationship seems to be going okay however Callum is unaware that Jason Roscoe is jealous of him being with Holly on top of Holly's mother, Cindy. Not being happy since she was working at Price Slice at the time of the Robbery despite this they both stick together.
By October 2013, Callum along with Holly agrees to go to go with his friends, Esther Bloom and Tilly Evans away to a countryside house owned by Esther and Tilly's new friend, Jade Hedy. All to celebrate Esther's 18th birthday however none of them are aware of Jade's true intentions as she's seen to be a murderer and wanting to kill Esther so she can be with Tilly. Callum finds himself in the middle if this and after Jade kills Wes Anderson and attempts to kill Esther. Callum does his best to save Esther but Jade is too clever for him and she sneaks up behind him and stabs him through the back with a samurai sword killing him. Jade is eventually killed after she falls in her own knife during a fight between her and Esther and Tilly. Callum was killed merely days before his sister, Ash whom was killed in the council flat explosion which was caused by Trevor Royle and Clare Devine. Martha expresses her sadness and eventually leaves to live with Lacey.
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- Callum was axed by producer Bryan Kirkwood in 2013. His final scenes, appearing in the final episode of Hollyoaks Later, were aired in October 2013.
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