Coronation Street star Sally Carman has explained what’s set to go down between her character Abi Webster and Toyah Habeeb next week.

Abi has been struggling since she found Mason Radcliffe after his stabbing. Abi felt guilty that she was unable to save his life, and has been seeing visions of her own murdered son Seb Franklin.

Social services then turned up to investigate whether her young son Alfie was safe after someone reported her – that someone being Toyah.

In upcoming episodes, Abi will confront Toyah, but starts having a panic attack. Toyah tries helping her through it, but in the stress and confusion, Abi hits her.

Speaking about Abi’s actions, Carman said: “She’s decided in the PTSD that nothing and no one is going to come between her and Alfie, whatever that takes and she means it.

“So when she goes to find Toyah after finding out, she’s not thinking straight, she’s right back into fight-or-flight, and she’s fighting, she’s not going intentionally to potentially kill her. She’s going to absolutely stop this once and for all.

“She’s warned her. She’s not backed off, and then she’s gone and done this for that. And Abi has gone there to finish the conversation. And she ends up hitting and essentially leaving her for dead.”

After hitting Toyah, Abi leaves, which Carman explained by stating: “She doesn’t know how seriously injured Toyah is, and she decides that she needs to get out.

“Because she was having one of her PTSD episodes when it all happened she doesn’t actually know what she has done.”

She also teased that Abi will see the Platt household on fire, and in her current state of mind, assume that she’s responsible, even if she can’t remember doing it.