Who killed Theo Silverton (James Cartwright)? That’s the question on everybody’s lips in Coronation Street at the moment, following the abuser’s death last week.
Amid celebrations for the Connor-Swains’ wedding, Betsy Swain (Sydney Martin) found his body in the corner shop backyard.
We know, from quotes from series producer Kate Brooks to Radio Times and other media, that the reveal of the murderer won’t come until late June or July. That means that, in true soap opera style, pretty much every Weatherfield resident will be questioned in the meantime.
So far this week we’ve seen George Shuttleworth (Tony Maudsley) and Christina Boyd (Amy Robbins) hauled into the interview room. Lisa Connor-Swain (Vicky Myers) was suspicious about the traces of blood found on George’s jumper, and he openly admitted that this came from an earlier confrontation with Theo.
She was also concerned to hear that he’d spent a large portion of the evening alone on a walk, meaning that he didn’t have a proper alibi around the time Theo died.
The full list of suspects, which was revealed on Monday, also include Todd Grimshaw (Gareth Pierce), Summer Spellman (Harriet Bibby), Gary Windass (Mikey North) and Danielle Silverton (Natalie Anderson).
Attention turned to Gary in today’s episode, after viewers saw him deleting incriminating CCTV footage from the builder’s yard computer. This showed him smashing up Theo’s van, before sending him a menacing text message.
His wife Maria Connor (Samia Longchambon) called early in the morning to ask why he had left the house so early, and noticed that he was visibly uncomfortable about something. He was later forced to come clean, telling her that he’d erased the video to prevent the police from discovering what he’d done.
She was shocked, though was assured that there would be no consequences as the CCTV was gone forever.
Later that day, ahead of meeting Maria for lunch in the Bistro, Gary was whisked into the police interview room for his round of questioning. Lisa knew that he’d sent the threatening message to Theo, and wondered whether he had anything to do with the van being destroyed.
Gary denied any involvement, and mentioned that his cameras were programmed to wipe at the end of each week. Lisa said that she’d hand the system over to their tech expert to see if it could be recovered, leaving Gary spooked.
Fortunately, Maria helped to support his story and said that they’d spent the evening together at the builder’s yard. Gary breathed a sigh of relief, though it was clear that Kit Green (Jacob Roberts) didn’t believe him.
That night, as Sally (Sally Dynevor) and Tim Metcalfe (Joe Duttine) browsed through their selfies from the night of the wedding, Gary could be seen in the background – walking away from the direction of Theo’s body.
Is he the killer?
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