Coronation Street’s David Neilson is pretty ‘amazed’ his character Roy Cropper wasn’t jailed sooner.
The legendary cafe owner remains in jail for the murder of Lauren Bolton (Cait Fitton) despite being unequivocally innocent of the crime, with Roy even refused bail.
Discussing his character’s big storyline during a recent appearance on This Morning, the 75-year-old said he’s surprised Roy hasn’t spent time in custody before, despite his sweet personality.
‘He’s his own worst enemy!’ he said.
‘I mean, he needs support from himself, he puts himself there. I’m amazed that I [Roy] haven’t been in prison before because everyone else has!’
This comes after the stars of Coronation Street joined to give their verdict over Roy’s jail storyline.
During Tuesday’s GMB Corrie stars including Colson Smith (Craig Tinker) and Alison King (Carla Connor)shared how their characters could help Roy.
‘I think that Craig can be Roy’s friend in high power and just give the residents the information that they need on what’s going on from a police point of view,’ said Colson.
Alison added: ‘I want to get to the bottom of it obviously, Roy doesn’t belong in there and I’m gutted he didn’t get bail last night.’
Sally Dynevor (Sally Metcalfe) joked: ‘ I know it’s not a nice place. The nicest man on Coronation Street goes to prison and it just can’t happen.’
During Monday’s [April 15] episode Roy seemed to admit defeat when he sent a letter to his niece Nina Lucas (Mollie Gallagher).
In court, solicitor Dee-Dee Bailey (Channique Sterling-Brown) tried her hardest to defend him and grant bail, though was unable to.
Nina and Carla broke down in tears and lashed out at her, unable to contain their emotions.
