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The Six have delivered a worthy comeuppance to the Walford villain. <\/p>

By Lewis Knight\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 15 April 2024 at 05:30 AM<\/p>

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*Warning: This article contains spoilers for the episode of Monday 15th April 2024, which was made available on BBC iPlayer at 6am.*<\/b><\/p>\n

EastEnders<\/a> has added further texture to the comeuppance of evil Dean Wicks, played by Matt Di Angelo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Last week, the BBC One soap saw the villainous character face a major blow when The Six framed the serial unpunished sex offender and abusive father<\/a> for the murder of Keanu Taylor<\/a> (Danny Walters).<\/p>\n

Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner) planted the murder weapon<\/a> of a meat thermometer in Dean\u2019s flat after being aware of his recent tampering with the medication of his unwell daughter Jade Masood<\/a> (Elizabeth Green) and attempting to frame Jean Slater (Gillian Wright) for it, his slander of Jean\u2019s partner Harvey Monroe (played by Ross Boatman) as a sex pest, his previous rape of Linda Carter (Kellie Bright) in 2024, attempted rape of the late Roxy Mitchell (Rita Simons) in 2015, and his attempted murder of his mother Shirley Carter (Linda Henry) in 2016.<\/p>\n

Following this, Keanu\u2019s real killer Linda<\/a> went to the police herself and took control of her future by making a statement saying she saw Dean outside the cafe hauling something heavy in tarpaulin into the cafe on Christmas night.<\/p>\n

After this, Dean was arrested by the police<\/a> and they later found the murder weapon in his flat. After realising he was being framed by Linda, Dean protested his innocence of Keanu\u2019s murder to the police \u2013 but his future was not looking good for him.<\/p>\n

In Monday\u2019s episode, the police continued to quiz Dean as all the Six\u2019s narrative surrounding Keanu\u2019s murder fit so well with Dean\u2019s recent actions.<\/p>\n

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The situation continued to worsen for Dean Wicks (Matt Di Angelo) during Monday\u2019s episode.<\/span><\/figcaption> BBC\/Jack Barnes\/Kieron McCarron<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Dean planning to kidnap his daughter Jade by whisking her away permanently to America without telling her or her mother Shabnam Masood and stealing her raised charity funds in the process to fund this exit only feeds into the sense he\u2019s fleeing justice, especially when all of this happened after the discovery of Keanu\u2019s body.<\/p>\n

Additionally, Keanu\u2019s corpse was found wrapped in tarpaulin stolen from his business Beale\u2019s Eels and Dean had no alibi.<\/p>\n

Dean was also known to have publicly clashed with Keanu multiple times \u2013 including when Keanu outed his past as a sex offender to his daughter Jade \u2013 giving him a motive.<\/p>\n

Also, following interviews with Jean, Harvey, and Stacey, the police determined that Dean was tampering with Jade\u2019s medication \u2013 especially when Jade supported the Slaters\u2019 beliefs, Dean was arrested once more, but on suspicion of neglect.<\/p>\n

Then the final piece of the puzzle: the blood in the meat thermometer found in his flat was confirmed to match the DNA of Keanu Taylor.<\/p>\n

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Linda Carter (Kellie Bright) delivered a statement to the police that set Dean\u2019s fate into motion.<\/span><\/figcaption> BBC<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

With this, Dean was charged with the murder of Keanu Taylor and he was left protesting his innocence.<\/p>\n

Back at the Queen Vic, The Six and Johnny Carter (Charlie Suff) received a visit from Jack Branning (Scott Maslen) who revealed that Dean had been charged and would appear before the magistrates\u2019 court tomorrow and would be held on remand until his trial.<\/p>\n

As Linda wondered aloud if they had done the right thing, Kathy Cotton (Gillian Taylforth) maintained that while Dean was not guilty of this crime, he was guilty of countless others and deserved punishment \u2013 an opinion seconded by Keanu\u2019s fianc\u00e9e Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean).<\/p>\n

Johnny also maintained to Linda that they had done what her presumed dead soulmate Mick Carter<\/a> (Danny Dyer), Dean\u2019s brother, would have wanted for the villain too.<\/p>\n

Will The Six\u2019s plan be pulled off when Dean goes to trial?<\/p>\n

Anyone affected by Linda\u2019s story can find support by visiting\u00a0Rape Crisis<\/a>, or calling their 24\/7 Rape & Sexual Abuse Support Line on 0808 500 2222.<\/em><\/p>\n

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