Coronation Street star Tina O'Brien said some of the scenes delivered by her on-screen family have been 'hard to watch' of late.
It's been another busy year for the Platts and no more so in October when they finally discovered their son, brother and uncle Stephen Reid was a serial killer.
As his secret reign of terror reached its climax on the cobbles in October, a desperate Stephen [played by Todd Boyce] was seen cornered in the Rovers Return by his partner Jenny Connor and Tina's character Sarah Barlow and we saw him bash his niece over the head with a bottle.
A final showdown with Jenny then ensued led to him holding her hostage during his bid to escape before being mown down in a car by Peter, moments after he’d set Jenny free.
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