Detective Inspector Sam Brewster's investigative career with the Weatherfield CID brought him to Coronation Street on three occasions during the 1970s. In July 1973, then a Detective Sergeant, Brewster headed up the investigation into Bet Lynch's mugging. Bet couldn't identify her attacker, but provided Brewster with his first lead when she told him that her £75 cut of a syndicate pools win was in her stolen handbag. Brewster suspected Stan Ogden, a fellow syndicate member. Under questioning, Stan lied about his movements before meeting Hilda at Jackson's Chip Shop, their destination immediately before they came back to the street and found Bet. With the finger of suspicion pointed at him, Stan - away from Hilda's ears - admitted to Brewster that he had been carrying Clara Regan's shopping