Major Coronation Street couple over in devastating split as one fears the worst
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As Lauren Bolton (Cait Fitton)’s trial gets underway in Coronation Street soon, it’s obviously a hugely stressful time for her. As well as being on trial for killing evil abuser Joel Deering (Calum Lill), she’s also contending with the fact that her beloved baby Frankie is desperately ill and needs a bone marrow transplant.
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Meanwhile Joel’s parents Gus and Anthea (Chris Garner and Carol Royle) have been making moves to gain custody of Frankie. It’s a lot for one person to deal with, but at least Lauren has some good friends on her side, and in Max Turner (Paddy Bever) she has a completely devoted and loyal partner. That’s all set to change in upcoming episodes, sadly, as Lauren buckles under the pressure of the upcoming trial and makes a huge decision.
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video. Up Next. Lauren chose to plead not guilty to the charges against her. Her solicitor had advised her that this plea would mean that the prosecution would rake over her unsavoury past in a trial, whereas pleading guilty would avoid that and could also mean she would get a lesser sentence.
But Max told her if she took the path of pleading guilty, Frankie would grow up thinking his mum killed his dad. This strengthened Lauren’s resolve to go ahead and fight her case and she was determined she would be found not guilty. As preparations for the trial got underway Max did his best to keep Lauren’s spirits up. Meanwhile Dee-Dee (Channique Sterling-Brown) tried to prepare her for the trial by warning her that the prosecution would do their best to trip her up and make her look as bad as possible.
