Coronation Street spoilers: Viewers horrified by Billy Mayhew twist amid killer past
CORONATION STREET viewers were left horrified by Billy Mayhew's actions on tonight's episode of the soap.
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Billy (played by Daniel Brocklebank) has been struggling to keep his boyfriend Todd Grimshaw's (Bruno Langley) secret about Adam Barlow's (Sam Robertson) sabotage of the Underworld factory on the ITV soap.
On tonight's episode however, the vicar saw an opportunity to help the street's down-and-out workers when he spotted an envelope filled with money on Adam's desk.
Despite his apparent good deed, the priest was unaware that the solicitor was merely keeping Shona Ramsey's (Julia Goulding) money for safe-keeping, and he was devastated when Todd told him the truth.
Angry at the do-gooder's actions, fans took to Twitter to express their feelings.
Coronation Street: Viewers were upset with Billy's immoral actions on the episode
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Thou shall not steal. Billy, is the worst priest
One person said firmly: "Thou shall not steal. Billy, is the worst priest. #CoronationStreet scripts are pathetic."
"Billy! you're meant to be a vicar. Shame on you. That's not even your money! That's Shonas's! @itvcorrie #Corrie #CoronationStreet," another viewer ranted.
A third raged: "#corrie #coronationstreet Billy you hypocrite. And that Sean needs to have his head slammed into a glass door. REPEATEDLY."
Some fans were upset at the apparent out-of-character behaviour for the beloved Billy, as one person wrote: "No Corrie! No way would Billy steal money just like that! #Coronationstreet."
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It was recently spoiled that the likeable vicar killed stalwart Ken Barlow's (William Roache) daughter Susan (Joanna Foster) in a catastrophic road accident back in 2001.
As Billy continues to perform questionable acts, will this be the beginning of the reveal of his past on the popular soap?
Coronation Street continues Wednesday at 7.30pm on ITV.