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Detective Sergeant Michaela Morris 2008-
Occupation: Police Detective Sergeant

When the secret relationship between 16-year-old Rachel Kinski and her English teacher Angus Henderson became public knowledge, charges were laid against Angus and he and Rachel underwent police questioning. Rachel was interviewed by Detective Sergeant Michaela Morris, who asked her details about how she and Angus met, whether he had forced her into anything and whether she willingly went to his apartment. When Rachel refused to talk, DS Morris pointed out to her that by clamming up, she was only making things worse for Angus, as her evidence was needed to ascertain whether he was telling the truth. Tired of the questioning, Rachel finally snapped and announced, in front of her shocked step-parents Susan and Karl, that she had been the one who had pursued Angus and forced him to continue seeing her.

Some weeks later, a bitter custody dispute was brewing between Oliver Barnes and Carmella Cammeniti over their daughter, Chloe. When Oliver found out, during Chloe's Christening, that Carmella's boyfriend Marco was infertile, he started taunting him about only dating a pregnant woman to get his hands on her child. Marco snapped and swung for him, and a fight broke out, which Oliver decided to use against Carmella in the custody battle, and Marco was arrested by DS Morris and charged with assault.

Soon after, with Angus' trial approaching, DS Morris visited Rachel to ask whether she'd filled in her victim impact statement yet. Rachel then surprised everyone by announcing that she didn't plan to fill one in, as she had not been a victim and had entered willingly into the relationship. Days later, DS Morris was back in Ramsay Street, this time to take Riley Parker in for questioning over an alleged assault. Riley had lost his temper with John Carter, a man Riley had known when he was younger, who, all those years ago, had caused a fight which got Riley and his little sister Bridget transferred to a different foster home, just as they were settling in. Already knowing Riley from his work on the local newspaper, DS Morris asked him if the allegations were true as there were clearly two sides to the story, but Riley insisted on taking the blame, asking only that his adoptive parents, Steve and Miranda were not informed. Unfortunately, as DS Morris opened the door to leave, Riley spotted Steve and Miranda sitting outside, looking worried.

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