SHOW BLUNDER Coronation Street accidentally ‘gave away’ murder victim’s identity MONTHS before episode as fan shares proof online
ORONATION Street seemingly accidentally gave away the murder victim’s identity before the episode aired, with a fan now sharing proof online.
The ITV soap first announced ‘murder week’ back in February, with five characters facing being killed off – and on Friday night, everything came to a head.
Carl Webster, Megan Walsh, Theo Silverton, Maggie Driscoll and Jodie Ramsey were the ones in the firing line, with Theo ultimately getting killed off.
On a set tour of Corrie, a fan shows how a dummy is seen lying in the yard of Todd’s house.
The fan suggests it was Theo all along who would be killed, and the soap gave it away weeks ago.
“The Corrie tour in March may have given away who was going to die.
“Our tour guide wasn’t going to take us down here, but we had to investigate – the scaffolding had me intrigued.
“Asked my fiance to lift me up so I could see over the fence behind Todd’s flat.
“This only looks like one person to me.”
“Stop it!!! Brilliant,” penned a fellow fan in the comment section.
Lauren actress Cait Fitton also confirmed the dummy was Theo in a video on her page.
Many fans of the soap have been left disgruntled over how another domestic violence culprit has been killed rather than being punished by the law.
Viewers are saying that the soap is sending wrong message to real life victims in the wake of Theo’s murder.
One fan on X penned: “So they have kept us watching for months, hoping Theo would be punished for the violence, then kill him off. Doesn’t show any hope for real life victims. Writers and producers need sacking.”
Another added: “Just realised all of #Corrie’s domestic abusers over the past decade or so – are now dead.
“Yes, Kirsty was sent to prison but was killed off-screen years later.
“Yasmin was put through hell with Geoff. Todd deserved justice for all Theo did and murder is no proper comeuppance.”
While a third said: “As a lot of people have mentioned on here, it does seem like abusive characters do die on the show and I would’ve loved this to be the case for Theo, he deserved to face justice for everything he done to Todd.”
James Cartwright, who played Theo for 18 months, told The Mirror: “Who has killed Theo? Even though the terror is now stone-cold dead, the trauma he has caused will live on. It’s going to be a huge whodunnit.”
The actor, 41, also told the publication: “I think everyone should be rejoicing today.
“Theo got Corrie’s very own form of moral justice and I am glad he has. Yes, we could have had a court case.
“But I don’t know if there was the stomach to relive all that pain. This murder is far juicier.”