ITV Coronation Street star responds to Roy Cropper ‘plot hole’ with telling remark

Coronation Street has left viewers gripped recently with the missing Lauren Bolton case.

Only recently, Roy Cropper found himself charged with the murder of missing teenager Lauren despite being innocent and things are only going to get worse for him next week. However, some fans have been left confused over Roy’s arrest, pointing out a “plot hole”.

Viewers have pointed out that currently there is no body for Lauren and they have asked how Roy can be charged for Lauren’s murder with no body. Addressing the “plot hole” on Tuesday’s Good Morning Britain, Richard Arnold asked several of the cobbles’ stars this very question.

Richard, 54, spoke to Alison King, who plays Carla Connor, Colson Smith, who plays PC Craig Tinker, and Sally Dynevor, who plays Sally Metcalfe, as they all wore T-shirts in support of Roy amid a campaign to free the legendary character after his wrongful arrest and charge.

However, host Ed Balls wasn’t convinced as he asked: “Are we definitely sure he’s innocent, Richard? Are we sure?” to which Richard responded with: “He’s definitely innocent! Edward, honestly, of course he’s innocent!

“Mind you, they’ve not found a body… he’s definitely innocent! I was saying to the guys: ‘But there’s no body, how have they accused him of murder?’ Someone pointed out to me, if you’ve seen enough episodes of Vera then you know that you don’t necessarily need a body to get someone in the slammer!” this prompted actor Colson to quip: “When you’ve got Craig running the police, it’s not hard to not find a body is it? Poor Craig!”

Roy could find himself “tricked into confessing” to Lauren’s murder in a sick twist next week. In upcoming scenes, Sam Blakeman promises Nina Lucas that he will walk Freddie the dog before school. As Sam heads out, unbeknown to him, a sleuth watches from a table in the corner and later a distraught Sam returns without Freddie, explaining he ran off. As Evelyn Plummer watches over the café, Nina and Toyah Battersby head out to look for Freddie.

Back at the café, Nina, Asha and Evelyn watch a video uploaded by the Internet sleuths terrorising Roy, showing that they’ve taken Freddie hostage and to secure his safe return, Roy must confess to Lauren’s murder in a sick twist.

Later in the week, Asha confides in Aadi that she’s had a response from the troll behind the video and she’s arranged to meet him in the precinct as Aadi offers to go with her as back up. Meanwhile, Evelyn calls at the café with some “missing Freddie” posters and a birthday card for Nina.

As part of Nina’s birthday, Roy phones the café to wish Nina a happy birthday and Nina makes out that Freddie is fine and assures him that Dee-Dee is doing everything to secure his release. Later, Asha arrives at the precinct but there’s no sign of Aadi as he’s had to help Amy and he fails to notice Asha’s missed calls. It’s not long until TrueMan67 and his sidekick, Banditman, reveal themselves and start asking awkward questions to a scared Asha. Is Asha in danger and where’s Freddie?