Pete Webster was the head of the careers department at Hollyoaks High School in 2007, where his mother served as head teacher. When Tina McQueen began working for Pete, he seemed friendly, but he soon began sexually harassing her. When she rejected his advances, he did his best to undermine and intimidate her. He also befriended her husband, Dominic Reilly, who took Pete's word over hers regarding the behaviour. During a blackout, Pete tried to force himself on Tina, only to meet a fist belonging to Russ Owen, Tina's brother-in-law. Tina was promptly fired, and Russ was suspended. However, Tina's sister Jacqui McQueen took over her job and flirted heavily with Pete. Alone in his office, she convinced him to take his clothes off. When he did, she kneed him between the legs, and grabbed his clothes and keys, before locking him in the office. Tina called his wife, then his mother, to tell them to come down to the school to see him.