Coronation Street fans blindsided after final Stephen Reid murder twist
13.10.2023 - 22:35
/ ok.co.uk
After two long years of tyranny, Coronation Street killer Stephen Reid was finally given a taste of his own medicine in his final visit to the cobbles, when the sinister villain was murdered by one Weatherfield favourite. In Friday night’s episode, which aptly fell on the 13 October, actor Todd Boyce departed the soap in scenes many fans hadn’t seen coming as part of Coronation Street ’s iconic super soap week.
All week long, our favourite characters have been struggling to come to terms with Stephen’s crimes after it emerged he was responsible for a string of murders on the cobbles, along with a few attempts that didn’t quite succeed. In shocking scenes tonight, the truth about Stephen was finally rumbled, and as he rushed to the airport to make his escape before the police could intervene, his girlfriend Jenny Connor was revealed to have thrown a spanner in the works by stealing his passport.
Returning to the street to get what was his, Stephen was then caught up in a tense showdown between several Cobbles residents, which culminated in the dastardly killer taking Jenny hostage and attempting to flee once more. However, in a huge twist, just as he was preparing to leave Peter Barlow ran Stephen over, killing him outright.
The shocking development came after months of suspicion from the cab driver, who had been growing increasingly frustrated over what Stephen had done to his partner Carla, which included drugging her with LSD and trying to steal and defraud her company.
Following the collision, Stephen finally took his final breaths as he lay unconscious and bleeding on the street, while his horrified relatives Gail, Audrey, David, Shona and Sarah looked on. Fans at home were loving the unexpected twist to the tale,
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