EASTENDERS icon Ian Beale will be left for dead in a shock storyline. The fan favourite, played by Adam Woodyatt since 1985’s first episode, will be bludgeoned in The Queen Vic — sparking a huge whodunnit.
Café owner Ian has made a host of enemies, even in his own family. Suspects include mum Kathy (Gillian Taylforth) and sons Peter (Dayle Hudson) and Bobby (Clay Milner Russell).
Also in the frame are Max Branning (Jake Wood) — who tried to strangle Ian with fairy lights in a 2017 episode — plus Dotty Cotton (Molly Conlin) who knows Ian’s role in the death of teen Dennis Rickman Jnr.
A show source said: “People are queuing up to cave Ian’s head in. “He borrowed money from Max and hasn’t paid him back. Kathy knows Ian remortgaged the café.
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