Police Constable Abi Sharpe is a police officer friend of Mel Morton, first seen in December 2007. She has had an on/off flirtatious relationship with bookie Dan Mason. Abi flirted with Mel's twin brother, Darryl on their 19th birthday, to console him after Lauren Wilson had dumped him, in order to make Lauren jealous. Abi later reappeared helping Mel sort out her father, Jerry, after he had a heart attack and was drinking alcohol. Mel also asked her to do a police check on her mother's ex-boyfriend, Gary Denmark, whom she claimed beat her. At the end of August 2008, Mel was prompted to stay at Abi's with Teresa Bryant persisting to live at the Mortons' house. When Mel and Abi were celebrating completing their police training when they overheard some youth girls fighting. Abi called the po