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Detective Inspector Kelly, played by Ian Burfield, is a police detective at Walford Police Station. He is first seen when he investigates the death of Pauline Fowler (Wendy Richard) and subsequently arrests her daughter-in-law Sonia Fowler (Natalie Cassidy) for her murder following the funeral. He arrests May Wright (Amanda Drew) for abducting Summer Swann, and also Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) on suspicion of murdering his fiancée Stella Crawford (Sophie Thompson). Kelly appears again when he is investigating Jay Brown's stabbing. Later that year, he investigates the murder of Jase Dyer (Stephen Lord) and interrogates Billy Mitchell (Perry Fenwick) as a key witness. Two years later, he informs Liz Turner (Kate Williams) that a body found in Albert Square is that of her son Owen (Lee Ross), and takes his ex-wife Denise Johnson (Diane Parish) in for questioning. Denise is released without charge. Kelly later informs Denise's family that her car has been discovered abandoned by a canal, and then that the body of a woman was pulled from the canal along with Denise's mobile phone. Lucas identifies the body as Denise's, however, Kelly still believes somebody else was involved in Owen's murder. Actor Ian Burfield had previously played a police detective in 1997, DI Hamilton, and went on to play a third, DCI Peter Arthurs in 2018. Provided by Wikipedia