PC Lyle had three interactions with the residents of Coronation Street: in January 1975, he was on duty at Weatherfield Police Station where he guarded Len Fairclough in the interview room after he had been arrested for the murder of Lynn Johnson. He later fetched Annie Walker from the Rovers to take her to the Community Centre where a temporary police unit had been set up in order that they could question her as to what she knew of events. Back at the police station he stopped Bet Lynch who was wandered the corridors having slipped past the reception desk in an effort to see Len and make sure that he was alright.