The following article contains spoilers from the episode of Coronation Street dated June 10. It hasn’t aired on ITV1 yet, but can be viewed on ITVX and YouTube.
Gary Windass (Mikey North) in Coronation Street has done well for himself where paths of redemption are concerned, but has he risked all of it by murdering Theo Silverton (James Cartwright)?
It’s certainly possible, as a new flashback sequence in today’s episode of the ITV soap has placed him right at the scene of the crime.
We’ve known that Gary was near the location of Theo’s death for a while, as he was pictured in the back of one of Tim and Sally Metcalfe’s (Joe Duttine and Sally Dynevor) selfies from the night in question.
Prior to the developments in the latest instalment, Gary was also fairly high on our suspect list due to how angry he felt after discovering that so-called friend Theo had been abusing Todd Grimshaw (Gareth Pierce). As if that wasn’t enough, he’s also got history when it comes tokilling someone and then covering it up.
Gary was thrown back into the spotlight a few days ago when fans of the ITV soap noticed he was acting strangely around Sarah Platt (Tina O’Brien).
The pair are clearly hiding something, and they’ve exchanged so many cryptic comments that barely make sense to viewers, it’s starting to feel like they’re speaking an entirely different language.
Gary and Sarah’s strange behaviour has been picked up on by their respective partners Maria Connor (Samia Longchambon) and Kit Green (Jacob Roberts). Maria is busy spiralling over Gary and Sarah possibly sleeping with each other, while Kit has convinced himself that Gary knows something about the night Theo died.
Kit confronted Gary about his theory in today’s episode, but the local builder seemed quite confident that Kit wouldn’t find anything on him.
As he walked away, we flashbacked to the evening Theo was killed, and saw Gary standing on the scaffolding with a metal pole in his hand. He looked over the edge and stared at Theo’s body.
Does this mean he is the murderer?
Or is Gary covering for someone else?
Could he be protecting Sarah, who actually killed Theo?
