Thanks for the clarification.
Yes. that makes sense. If Steven was 11 or 12 in 2002 then he must be 16 or 17 now. New actor playiong him in that case. Also we know he was always a strange boy but I onder why he would go to all the trouble of pretending to be his mum and writing to his foster sister and father, returning from New Zealand and stalking Ian. I mean what's the point. I didn't actually recognisehim at all so I wonder how so many people guesed it was Steven Beale. I didn't give Steven a single thought since he left five years ago.