{"id":38164,"date":"2023-10-16T22:00:36","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T20:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1908648"},"modified":"2023-10-17T02:55:15","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T00:55:15","slug":"coronation-streets-peter-arrested-for-stephens-murder-as-tim-has-lucky-escape","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/coronation-streets-peter-arrested-for-stephens-murder-as-tim-has-lucky-escape\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronation Street\u2019s Peter arrested for Stephen\u2019s murder \u2013 as Tim has lucky escape!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Those left behind after Stephen’s demise are still reeling. <\/p>

By Laura Denby\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 16 October 2023 at 20:00 PM<\/p>

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The repercussions from Coronation Street<\/a> villain Stephen Reid\u2019s (Todd Boyce) shock death continued tonight (16th October), as Peter Barlow (Chris Gascoyne) was arrested for his murder!<\/p>\n

Peter mowed down Stephen in his car last week<\/a>, just seconds after Stephen dropped a broken bottle he\u2019d been using to threaten Jenny Connor\u2019s (Sally Ann Matthews) life.<\/p>\n

Peter\u2019s actions ultimately stopped the dangerous serial killer in his tracks before the police had a chance to capture Stephen for his crimes.<\/p>\n

As the ITV soap continued, Peter had a run-in with Stephen\u2019s grieving mother Audrey Roberts (Sue Nicholls), who insisted that Stephen had dropped his weapon before Peter killed him.<\/p>

Peter tried to distract himself by going out in his cab to look for missing Tim Metcalfe (Joe Duttine), who made a miraculous escape from the boot of his own taxi after being attacked and left for dead<\/a>\u00a0by Stephen.<\/p>\n

Tim used the Street Cars radio to reach Peter. Feeling dizzy, an injured Tim explained that Stephen had trapped him in some woodland, and asked Peter to tell his wife Sally (Sally Dynevor) that he loved her.<\/p>\n

Peter alerted the police and fetched a tearful Sally, who shared some loving words with Tim over the radio.<\/p>\n

DS Swain (Vicky Myers) and her team were unable to locate Tim as quickly as Sally hoped, and the day took a turn when, at the station, Sally told Peter that Audrey had a point when she claimed that Stephen was no longer armed when Peter ran him over.<\/p>\n

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Chris Gascoyne as Peter Barlow in Coronation Street.<\/span><\/figcaption> ITV<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Peter was adamant that he had not had the time to spot this, and maintained that Jenny had been in danger, and the right person had survived between her and Stephen.<\/p>\n

But, overhearing this, Swain took Sally aside and quizzed her on her conversation with Stephen, asking if Peter could have killed Stephen deliberately.<\/p>\n

Sally\u2019s account of what happened led Swain to twist her words, and Sally told Swain she was not happy with the way she had conducted things. But they were interrupted with the news that Tim had been found and taken to hospital, after Tim flagged down a passing car.<\/p>\n

Sally and Tim\u2019s mum Elaine Jones (Paula Wilcox) were overjoyed to be reunited with Tim, who had had a lucky escape and would make a full recovery. But when he asked if Stephen had been caught, they avoided telling him that his tormentor was dead.<\/p>\n

Over at Peter and Carla\u2019s flat, DS Swain and Craig Tinker (Colson Smith) arrived to arrest Peter for Stephen\u2019s murder. Carla (Alison King) was stunned as her husband was taken away, but is Peter set to be jailed for this?<\/p>\n

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