Christina Marshall

Christina Marshall is the sister of Helen Leishman, mother of Audrey Anderson, wife of John Anderson and aunt of Robin Leishman.

Background
In 1987 Christina left her daughter, Audrey with a close neighbour and disappeared into the night without a trace. She had found out about her husband's affair with Jane McKay which had resulted in Samuel being born. I anger and fury Christina loured her husband John to an isolated section of the local burn and when he tried to explain his actions she struck him over the head with a mental rod, killing him instantly. She hid his body and realised she could not go back to her daughter, Audrey after what she had done so she left Strathlorneshire and to reinvent her life as Christina Cassidy.

Series One
Christina comes back into her daughters life in "This Isn't The End" after Alan McNeil along with help from William Harwood find her and bring her back to Auchencladach to face Audrey and to a life she left behind.

Behind The Scenes

 * In "The New Girl", Christina Marshall's hand was to appear at the end of the episode but this scene was cut due to time constraints and would have set up her story arc.
 * She is named after the real life Christina Marshall who died in 1947, only 26 years old due to heart valve disease. She is also named after a friend and aunt figure of Kyle Ephraim Foreman who was also called Christina.