Coronation Street spoilers: Carla Connor reveals secret about a cold-blooded murder
Coronation Street is to revisit one of its biggest whodunnit storylines next week as Bobby Crawford (Jack Carroll) asks his aunt Carla Connor (Alison King) for the truth surrounding his dad Rob Donovan’s (Marc Baylis) imprisonment.
It’s 10 years in May since barmaid Tina McIntyre (Michelle Keegan) was killed off in spectacular scenes that saw her pushed from the balcony of the builder’s yard and then brutally whacked over the head with a metal pole to ensure she wouldn’t live to expose her attacker.
A number of key suspects were unveiled ahead of the epic storyline; Carla, her brother Rob, Peter Barlow (Chris Gascoyne) and Tracy Barlow (Kate Ford).
On the evening of her murder, Tina planned to run away with Peter, which was halted when his wife Carla announced her pregnancy at Rob and Tracy’s engagement party in the Rovers.
When calling round to the builder’s yard flat to check on Tina, she told Rob about her plan to report him and Tracy to the police for selling stolen goods in their second-hand shop Barlow’s Buys and to expose her affair with Peter. Following her out to the balcony, he then proceeded to commit his murderous act, promising to silence her forever.
Rob has been serving a 25 year stretch ever since, bar a brief spell when he escaped prison and went on the run to Humberside with Tracy and her daughter Amy (Elle Mulvaney).
Just days after Christmas last year, his estranged son Bobby was kicked out by his mum and send packing to find his dad, unaware he was spending time at His Majesty’s pleasure.
Much to Carla’s dismay after breaking up with Peter, Rob had sent Bobby in her direction, telling him that he acted in self defence during an altercation with the dearly missed barmaid.
But next week, he is set to learn the truth when Rita Tanner (Barbara Knox) and Mary Taylor (Patti Clare) question him over his parentage. Shocked to learn who his father is, Bobby is left questioning why the street stalwarts don’t have a good word to say about Rob and sets about asking Carla the truth about Tina.
When Carla unveils the truth about his dad being a cold blooded killer, how will Bobby react to the news that his dad isn’t the innocent man he thought he was?
