Coronation Street’s new arrival Maggie Driscoll is set to be the cobbles’ new killer
Coronation Street fans believe they’ve worked out who Maggie Driscoll is going to murder, following reports that the character is harbouring a deadly secret.
Maggie (Pauline McLynn) recently arrived on the ITV soap, turning up on the famous cobbles as Eva Price’s (Catherine Tyldesley) “mother-in-law from hell”.
Viewers will remember Eva – who was last seen in 2018 – returned to Weatherfield last month, after new husband Ben Driscoll (Aaron McCusker) surprised her by purchasing the Rovers Return, making her the landlady.
Alongside Ben and Eva, Maggie’s arrival also brought her grandsons, Ollie (Raphael Akuwudike) and Will (Lucas Hodgson-Wale) and Eva’s daughter, Susie, whom she had with the late Aidan Connor (Shayne Ward).
Since their arrival, the new family have been settling into life on the cobbles. However, there’s already been significant drama, as it’s emerged that Will is being groomed by his athletics coach in a distressing new storyline, reports the Daily Star.
Furthermore, Maggie raised eyebrows amongst viewers when she discovered something in Ken Barlow’s (William Roache) drawer that visibly shocked her. Whilst the item wasn’t revealed, it clearly made a lasting impact on her.
This week, it was reported that Maggie is set to become the soap’s latest killer, with a source suggesting the character will be shown killing someone in a special flashback episode. A source told The Sun: “When viewers see whose death Maggie was behind, it will really send shockwaves through Weatherfield and life will never quite be the same again for her.
“The killing happened prior to her moving into the Rovers Return with her son, daughter-in-law and grandchildren, and none of them will be aware of it. But it will all come out in a bombshell storyline leading up to the festive season.”
Fans have already begun speculating about who Maggie might have killed in the flashback episode. On X, one viewer suggested: “Could it have been Susan, Ken’s daughter, Adam’s mother? They say she died in a “traffic accident.” But Maggie’s face changed when she opened that drawer at Ken’s. Did she see a photo of Susan? Or something to do with Deirdre’s death?”.
Another viewer concurred: “I wondered about Susan as well. Years ago it was revealed Billy was a passenger in the car that hit her and fled the scene. Billy is also being written out. Only I feel like Billy must have met Maggie on the street by now.”
Viewers will remember that Susan Barlow was killed off-screen in 2001 following a car accident. It subsequently emerged that Billy Mayhew (Daniel Brocklebank) was involved in her death when he and Gareth Brannigan accidentally struck her after robbing a petrol station.
Coronation Street airs Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 8pm on ITV1 and ITVX
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