EASTENDERS' Ben Mitchell was left totally deaf by a gun blast tonight as the soap turned into a small-screen gangster movie.
A glossy special episode saw all action filmed from the perspective of the wayward lad, who drunkenly blundered into dad Phil's criminal scheme with tough-nut Danny Hardcastle.
However, it quickly emerged that Phil, who planned to steal a tonne of money to buy the Vic for Sharon, was being set up by the ageing gangster, played by Paul Usher.
Pushing Ben onto the floor and calling him a "freak" Danny screamed: "This your good ear? Can you hear me?" before raising his gun to it.
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