Coronation Street spoilers: Eileen Grimshaw assault horror - is Pat Phelan behind it?
CORONATION STREET’S Eileen Grimshaw looks set to have a far from idyllic Christmas, but is her husband Pat Phelan to blame?
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The character (played by Sue Cleaver) has been pictured with a nasty injury as the ITV soap gets to work on its upcoming festive storylines.
Eileen was seen attending a carol concert with her son Todd (Bruno Langley), Ken Barlow (William Roache) and his grandson Adam (Sam Robertson) after seemingly becoming a victim of a violent incident.
Her bruised face is impossible to miss while there are numerous stitches seen above her left eye.
While the details surrounding the incident are being kept under wraps, is her villain of a spouse Pat (Connor McIntyre) behind it?
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He is currently at the centre of very dramatic scenes with six major characters teased as his potential victims.
These include his daughter Nicola Rubenstein (Nicola Thorp) and follows on his from his kidnap of Andy Carver (Oliver Farnworth).
Pat has been seen preparing a gun recently as he lines someone up to replace his hostage, hinting that things could soon get out of control.
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Meanwhile, other spoilers have seen him stalking his offspring while Anna Windass (Debbie Rush) looks petrified having appeared to have escaped a terrifying situation.
Will Eileen be the next on his hit list?
Coronation Street continues tonight at 7.30pm on ITV.