ITV Coronation Street's Mikey North teases Gary Windass' demise as he's forced to dig his own grave when Kelly Neelan discovers truth
12.09.2022 - 12:11
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Gary Windass’ killer secret has reached his victim’s estranged wife earlier this year and it’s now set to reach his daughter as Kelly Neelan discovers what really happened to her dad, Rick.
Mikey North, who has played Gary in Coronation Street for 15 years, has joked his character is like a 'cat with nine lives' but things look set to change when he’s forced to dig his own grave as he retraces the steps of his horror crime three years ago.
As viewers know, Kelly and Aadi Alahan’s fake romance to win a free holiday in a ‘win a wedding competition led to the teens discovering their true feelings for each other. However, when Aad’s dad Dev and Kelly’s guardians Gary and wife Maria Windass failed to approve, the pair hatched a plan to elope to Gretna Green.
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And in a bid to win Dev, Maria, and Gary round and prove how serious they are, they decide to throw an engagement party. But Kelly’s dad’s former sidekick Sharon is horrified when she hears that Gary will be the one to give Kelly away on her big day, meanwhile, Kelly finds dated photos on her mum’s old camera that prove she couldn’t have been the one that murdered Rick after all, despite her confession in her dying days to cover for Gary.
After Kelly confronts Gary with no success, Sharon breaks the news to Kelly that Gary was the one who killed her dad. Furious to find out her dad’s killer has been right under her nose, and that he let her mum take the blame leading her to miss out on a chance to say a final goodbye, Kelly dreams of revenge. Drawn into his dodgy underworld following her own kidnap, Kelly seizes the opportunity to pay a hitman to kill Gary -