Coronation Street spoilers follow.
Coronation Street’s Ronnie Bailey has ordered Carl Webster to leave Weatherfield after Debbie discovered her son’s scheme to con Summer Spellman.
In tonight’s episode, Debbie summoned Carl – one of the five potential victims of the soap’s big murder mystery week – to confront him about the rumours that he’d been conning Summer out of her inheritance in exchange for information about Billy Mayhew’s murderer.
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“Bernie got it wrong,” Carl tried but Debbie insisted she’d speak with Summer to check their stories. As a guilty Carl was caught red-handed, Debbie hissed: “This is an all-time low. Even for you.”
Carl admitted to it, adding that he knew who killed Billy.
“Billy was murdered. And I hear someone confess to it,” he told his mum, who couldn’t believe her own son left her behind bars, letting everyone believe she was to blame for the vicar’s death.
“You left me to rot in prison? Made everybody believe that I was responsible?” she said.
Waking up to Carl’s ways, Debbie told him he should be ashamed of himself. “You play games with people’s lives. You make profit off other people’s misery,” she said.
“You should be ashamed of yourself. I’m ashamed of you. Get out!”
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After she kicked him out, Ryan Connor realised that Debbie, who had been diagnosed with dementia, was having another of her episodes as she stared into the void blankly.
He called her husband Ronnie, who realised that Carl’s words must’ve triggered the episode.
“I should have just got rid of him when I had a chance,” Ronnie said as a plan formed in his mind.
Speaking with Summer at the store, Carl reiterated his offer to help put Billy’s killer, Todd Silverton, behind bars. “Ten grand to put your dad’s murderer away? Sounds pretty reasonable to me,” he said.
“Sounds like extortion to me,” Summer replied, not taking the bait.
Ronnie found Carl at the Rovers and demanded he pack his bags and leave the cobbles.
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“You’re not to step foot in Weatherfield ever again,” Ronnie said, adding that Carl was speeding up his mum’s health decline.
“Do the right thing for once and leave. Otherwise, I’ll have to make you.”
Based on Ronnie’s words, could Carl be the one meeting his maker during murder mystery week? Fans know that Betsy Swain is set to discover a body on Lisa and Carla Connor’s wedding day, with Coronation Street narrowing down to five potential victims: Carl, Theo Maggie Driscoll, Jodie Ramsey and Megan Walsh.
Coronation Street airs on weeknights at 8.30pm on ITV1 and streams on ITVX.
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