Corrie star reveals death pain that drives Justin's terrifying action against Daisy

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an appointment amid her cancer scare. He later found her on social media, where his obsession only grew. He began to send her flowers and messages, before finally turning up in person, insisting that they were in love.

While his behaviour is unhinged, actor Andrew Still revealed that his actions are driven by the trauma of his mother’s illness. ‘It’s definitely impacting on a lot of his behaviour’, he said of Justin’s mum’s condition. ‘The character traits of stalkers like narcissism, misogyny, obsessive jealousy, he’d maybe be able to keep that under control if he was in a more stable life situation but during this thing with his mum his life’s in flux. ‘I feel maybe she would be the tether that would bring him back down to earth so he’s losing that and he’s maybe reaching out for another tether and he sees Daisy.

He’s built his life around his mum and now he’s trying to do the same thing with Daisy. ’Andrew suggested that Daisy was in the wrong place at the wrong time when she first came into contact with delusional Justin. ‘I think he was reaching out and it just so happened that Daisy was there’, he added. ‘Obviously he’s going to find her attractive, he’s going to reach out for that sort of stuff but I think to him the most important thing, and the thing that really connected him with her is that she really sees him in that moment. ‘It’s the most difficult moment of his life and she sees that pain and cares about what he’s going through.

I think he’s quite isolated at this point so that’s something he sees in her. That’s planting that seed and then that seed just kind of grows. ‘As things are deteriorating with his mum it’s easy for him to hide in that fantasy.