Another twist? Coronation Street fans are certain that Sarah didn’t kill Theo
Just when you thought Coronation Street’s killer had finally been unmasked. Soap fans have a theory that Sarah Platt is just a scapegoat for the real murderer.
The cat is well and truly out of the bag.
After weeks of speculating, arrests and paranoid among our beloved Cobbles residents, the mystery of who bumped off the unspeakably evil Theo Silverton (James Cartwright) was finally revealed… and it was none other than Weatherfield’s original girl next door, Sarah Platt (Tina O’Brien).
This was a shocking reveal, mainly because Sarah was never included in the official suspect line-up.
The unusual suspects included: Todd Grimshaw (Gareth Pierce), who endured almost a year of horrific abuse and coercion at Theo’s hands, Summer Spellman (Harriet Bibby), the adoptive daughter of Billy Mayhew (Daniel Brocklebank), who Theo left to die, Theo’s embittered ex-wife Danielle Silverton (Natalie Anderson), George Shuttleworth (Tony Maudsley), Todd’s father figure and his girlfriend Christina Boyd (Amy Robbins). Last but not least was Gary Windass (Mikey North), Theo’s bezzie mate and former employer, turned deadly nemesis.
Since the sinister scaffolder took that fatal whack to the noggin, every last one of the Killer Six have been grilled in the interview room by Weatherfield’s finest. but the spotlight of suspicion has shone particularly brightly on Gary.
The bad boy builder is no stranger to getting blood on his hands, having been both directly and indirectly responsible for two deaths during his stint on the Cobbles. He definitely hated Theo enough to do him in, after Sarah revealed that the man he’d laughed with, drank with and employed turned out to be something that Gary despised the most – a bully.
This is what led to Gary smashing up the monster’s van with a sledgehammer, only to hastily delete the CCTV footage when he realised just how guilty it made him look post-murder. His doting wife Maria (Samia Longchambon) gave him a false alibi and told the police they were spending some ‘special time’ together at the builder’s yard.
However, what Gary was actually doing that night was far more suspicious… and that’s where Sarah comes in.
It’s no secret that Gary and Sarah have a long and tortured romantic history on the Cobbles. Which is why it seemed awfully suspicious that the two old flames have been looking awfully cosy recently.
Maria smelled a rat, and so did Sarah’s boyfriend DS Kit Green (Jacob Roberts), who just so happens to be an investigating officer in Theo’s murder, and he’s had Gary in his sights for a while.
All those suspicions and paranoia came pouring out in last night’s episode during the dinner party from hell, where Maria accused Sarah of doing the dirty with Gary in front of all their guests.