Freddie Slater (2024)

Frederick "Freddie" William Slater (previously Mitchell) is the son of Graham Foster and Little Mo Slater. He made his first appearance on 1 November 2004 and is portrayed by Bobby Brazier. Freddie also has ADHD.

Storylines

2004-2006

Freddie was conceived in late 2003 when his mother, Little Mo Mitchell, was raped by her friend, Graham Foster. Her refusal to abort the child caused the break-up of her marriage to Billy Mitchell. Mo stayed with her sister, Belinda Peaco*ck, where she gave birth to Freddie. In November 2004, after Graham is sentenced to eight years imprisonment, Little Mo and Billy make another attempt at their marriage, but they separate again after Billy admits that he struggles to accept Freddie. Freddie then lives at the Slater household with Little Mo, his great-grandmother Big Mo, his grandfather Charlie and second cousin Stacey Slater.

In February and March 2006, Freddie causes his mother much stress by crying a lot. He takes a trip to the park with his mother, Jane Collins and Bobby Beale, where Bobby pokes him in the forehead with a stick. Freddie has to go to hospital but was thankfully is okay. However, the incident results in a visit from a health visitor. Mo thinks that the health visitor is accusing her of abusing Freddie and becomes angry and hostile. Mo struggles to cope with her young son as when he is teething he often cries.

In May 2006, Freddie goes to hospital seriously ill with bleeding on the brain. A few days before the hospital admission, Mo admits to her boyfriend Oliver Cousins, who is also a GP, that she sometimes gets very irritated with Freddie when he cries. When Oliver hears that Freddie's injury must have been caused by shaking or rough handling, he admits what Mo has told him to a paediatrician, Briony Campbell, at the hospital. While the hospital believes that Mo may have shaken her son, Mo suspects that ten-year-old Ben Mitchell may have hurt him in some way as they were left unsupervised together just before the incident. Mo confronts Ben and shakes him in irritation when he tries to run away. After extensive tests at the hospital, it is discovered that Freddie has a temporary low platelet count, due to an infection, meaning that any minor injury could hurt him badly, as his blood isn't clotting properly. Mo is no longer suspected of hurting her son. Freddie leaves Walford on 26 May 2006 with his mother who wants to start a new life in Barnstaple, Devon.

2022 to present

Freddie returns to Walford on 6 September 2022, to attend his aunt, Kat's wedding to Phil Mitchell. He is first seen at his supposed father, Billy Mitchell's market stall and asks how much the hat he is selling is. Freddie tries it on and asks how he looks, and Billy says he looks good before dismissing him as he is busy. Freddie hands the hat back and leaves, before heading to Stacey's Baps and stealing a bap. Bobby Beale chases him. Later at the tube station, Freddie is caught jumping the barriers, at the same time Bobby arrives. Bobby covers for Freddie, paying for the ticket he was meant to have. Freddie asks about Billy, and Bobby reveals his name to Freddie before leaving. Later at the Vic, Freddie orders a beer from Janine Butcher, joking that he's forty-three tomorrow. Freddie then notices Billy and Honey in the corner, and he goes over to them. Billy tells Freddie to sit down while he calls the police, and Freddie does so, saying he got Billy a beer. Billy declines it, and Freddie reveals that he's Billy's son. Billy tells Freddie he is his dad, despite not being his biological dad. Stacey then takes Freddie to see Kat. While Freddie is in the shower, Stacey reveals that Freddie and Mo moved flats the week before and Freddie found her old marriage certificate, and since the dates match he's come to find billy. Freddie then comes downstairs looking for clothes, saying that Phil's clothes stink of old men. Stacey later takes Freddie to the Vic where has asks people if they know Billy. Later in the Vic, Billy walks in and Freddie asks him why he's ignoring him. During this conversation, the police turn up and Samantha Keeble arrests Billy. After this, Stacey asks Freddie if he's ok, and Freddie reveals that he knew something was wrong as Mo would never speak about his dad. Freddie asks if Stacey knows who Billy killed, but Stacey says she doesn't know and says Freddie should go back home and ask his mum as she'll tell him the truth. Eve Unwin later finds Freddie in McKlunky's after he runs off, and he convinces Freddie to come home with her.

On 12 September 2022, Freddie steals the car hired for Kat and Phil's wedding to get Janet Mitchell a hat she wants, however Bobby is in the back cleaning. Freddie steals the hat as he cannot afford it. When Freddie gets back, Tom Cotton asks Bobby is he wants them to call the police, but he says no. At the wedding, Honey thanks Freddie for the hat, even if she doesn't approve of how he got it. Freddie later convinces Bobby to give him a trial shift at the chippy.

On his first day at the chippy, Freddie asks Bobby if he'll have to gut the fish, and Bobby tells him he won't have to, but he should know that after all his experience in chippy's. Freddie then suggests a battered banana, But Bobby dismissed the idea. Freddie ignores Bobby and puts the banana he has in batter and outs it in the frier, serving it to the next customers that come in. Bobby apologises, but the two agree to try it. The banana is a success, and the two launch a deep fry day where they deep fry anything the customers bring. Honey brings in Will and Janet for it, and Janet wants a pick and mix, and Will wants a tuna melt. Bobby then makes Freddie permanent. Later in the Vic, Freddie tells Honey and Billy about his day, saying Bobby is great.

The next day, Freddie, Eve, Alfie and Jean joke about Stacey's picnic date with Kheerat. Freddie later gushes over Bobby in the cafe to Kathy, saying that Bobby will be a billionaire one day. Freddie then attempts to get three slices of toast for 80P, and Kathy gives him them as a one time thank you for helping get profit up at the chippy. Ben Mitchell then asks why he never gets cheap toast, and Freddie says he either has the charm or he doesn't. Ben tells him to stop flirting with his mum, and Freddie sits down to overhear Billy talking to his lawyer. He overhears Billy being told he should plead guilty and take the fourteen years, and goes over to them after the lawyer leaves. Freddie asks what's up, and Billy says it isn't good, and Honey says that even though Phil's layer, Ritchie Scott, can't help, she has to have other people to help. Honey calls over to Ben, asking if Phil has lawyers, and Ben says they use Ritchie for legit cases, but there are other people at her firm. Billy says it will cost them a lot, and Freddie says he's still getting them some money, and Billy says he appreciates it, but Freddie will never be able to get the money needed and that he's going to go down for something he didn't do and that they need to get their heads around it, and he then leaves. Freddie later finds Bobby in the cafe, who gives him his new rota for the chippy. Freddie shows Kathy the rota, saying Bobby is a genius. Freddie then approaches Phil, asking to borrow some money for Billy's lawyer. Freddie says that Phil is his family, and that he'll take whatever he can get to help Billy, but Phil says no, as his money is tied up. Freddie and Honey later mock Phil together in the pub. Freddie then speaks to Ben Mitchell, and overhears him telling Lola Pearce he'll give her money for his daughter Lexi. He says that the Mitchell's only have money when it suits them and that Phil won't help pay for a better lawyer for Billy. Ben says that Phil isn't short of cash, and Freddie asks why he won't help Billy, and Ben tells Freddie to leave it with him. Freddie later confronts Phil In Peggy's, asking why he lied about having no money. Freddie reveals that Ben has got Jimmie Broom on the case for Billy. Phil has a go at Freddie, saying there's things he doesn't understand, and Freddie days he understands he adores the Mitchell's and would do anything for them, and that he'd do anything for his dad. Phil then angrily reveals that Billy isn't his dad before leaving.

The next day, Freddie tears down Bridge Street on his scooter, scaring all the stallholders. He eventually stops when he gets home, and Stacey asks why he isn't at work, with Freddie responding by asking why she's so annoying. Stacey notices Freddie is drunk, and Freddie has a go at her for lying to him. Freddie then goes over to Phil's house, demanding the truth, wanting to know where Billy is as he can't find him. Kat says he might have a meeting with his new brief, and Freddie says he just wants to know why he lied to him. Phil apologises for telling him like that, and Freddie thanks him for being honest unlike everyone else, and asks who his real dad is. Kat says he needs to speak to his mum, but Freddie says no as she's lied to him for his whole life. Freddie sits down and asks Phil and Kat to tell him, but they don't and he leaves. Freddie goes to the cafe and finds Billy, revealing that he knows Billy lied to him. Billy tries to defend himself, but Freddie offends Honey, and Kathy tells him to leave, with Bobby raking him away. At number 31, Bobby brings Freddie his drink and Freddie apologies for missing his shift. Bobby says it's fine and recalls his experience of having his mum saying another man was his dad, saying after his mum dad his adopted mum looked after him and that maybe his mum has a good reason and that Billy is a good man and Freddie should hear him out. Freddie says Bobby is wise and says he might have to start calling him Gandalf. Billy then arrives to talk to Freddie with Kat, and reveals to Freddie. Billy takes Freddie to the Vic, where he says Freddie looking up to him made it harder to tell him, and that it's his mums choice to tell him who his dad is. Billy says family isn't just about a mum and dad and that he needs to be surrounded by people to care for him, and he is. He says that Freddie's mum did an amazing job bringing him up, and that he wished he was Freddie's dad. Freddie says he's right and that he doesn't need his real dad.

On 4 October 2022, Freddie goes to the Vic with Honey and Billy, where Ritchie reveals that Jimmie can’t represent him in court anymore, angering them all. The three then sit down, and Billy says he’s got no chance now before stepping outside. Freddie tells Honey he hates Phil, as first he said Billy was Freddie’s real dad and now this, and says the only good thing about not being a Mitchell is not being related to him, and Honey says Phil always treated Billy like his dog. Ben then comes in, and Freddie asks him to talk to his dad, and Ben says no.

Kill count

Attempted murder victims

1. Theo Hawthorne (3 October 2023) - Beaten unconscious with an iron and punched multiple times however Theo was rushed to hospital and survived his injuries.

Resident history

Crimes

• Theft
• Grand Theft Auto
• Attempted murder

Quotes

First line: "Yes, how much?" (Said to Billy Mitchell on 6 September 2022)

"Watch out Freddie's about." (Said on 29 September 2022)

Background information

• On 14 June 2023, Stacey Slater states that Freddie has Four GCSE's

See also

• Freddie Slater - List of appearances
• Freddie Slater - Gallery