ITV Coronation Street Roy Cropper’s freedom ‘sealed’ as cobbles link exposed

Coronation Street’s Roy Cropper has had his life turned upside down.

Only recently, cobbles icon Roy found himself charged with the murder of missing teenager Lauren Bolton despite being innocent and things are only going to get worse for him next week. Viewers have been left gutted for Roy, demanding “free Roy Cropper” on social media over the shock storyline.

On Tuesday’s Good Morning Britain, presenter Richard Arnold joined the cobbles as part of a free Roy campaign. 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.

Talking about the storyline, Colson, 25, said: “I’m hoping Craig can be Roy’s friend in a high power and just give the residents the information that they need. What’s going on from the police point of view. Obviously whilst completely being neutral and not breaking any rules or getting into any trouble.” He added: “The big thing for Craig is to just tell them enough… so they can make sure everything’s going in the right direction.”

With Craig helping Roy, could this lead to the latter being freed or found innocent with the real culprit arrested? It comes as 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?