Coronation Street star Cait Fitton has been supported by her friends and followers as she shared an emotional message on social media.
The actress rejoined the soap back in June after a previous short stint on the cobbles which started in November last year. She started out in the ITV soap as Max Turner's love interest as he was groomed by her dad's gang, led by racist eco-warrior Griff Reynolds.
The far-right extremist and his cronies terrorised Alya Nazir and councillor Maria Connor amid her plans for a refugee centre.
They also targeted Daryan Zahawi, who was brutally attacked by racist thugs while working at Alya's restaurant Speed Daal before leaving the cobbles.
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