Matthew Mitchell Cotton is the son of Charlie Cotton and Ronnie Mitchell, he was born 1 January 2015 in Walford General after Ronnie is involved in a car accident. She is later placed in a coma. Roxy Mitchell looks after her nephew with the help of her partner Aleks Shirovs when Charlie refuses to see or care for his son due to Ronnie not being around. Matthew's grandfather, Nick Cotton takes Matthew from Roxy's flat in the middle of the night and attempts to force Charlie to spend time with his son, although Charlie refuses and takes him back to Roxy. Aleks suggests naming him Matthew after Charlie's grandmother Dot Branning quotes from the Gospel of Matthew. Aleks's daughter Ineta becomes fed up with her father looking after Matthew and takes him to the bus stop, so they can go to the ho