Coronation Street icon Ken Barlow's sad death 'sealed' as Cassie plots lethal next move

Coronation Street's Cassie Plummer made her intentions for Ken Barlow precise wide connected Friday night, aft idiosyncratic other was blamed for poisoning him connected the ITV soap

There was a twist connected Coronation Street connected Friday, arsenic Ken Barlow was successful information erstwhile much - with hints helium could beryllium killed off.

The soap legend, who has been connected the ITV soap for 64 years, was rushed to infirmary this week aft being poisoned by his carer Cassie Plummer. Viewers had seen her crush a pill, thought to beryllium either a symptom slayer oregon a humor thinner, and enactment it successful his tea.

She took enactment aft helium sacked her arsenic his carer, but she ended up leaving him successful a atrocious way. In the fallout she feigned ignorance claiming not to person done thing wrong, telling Ken's household she was ever cautious with his medication.

But successful a twist connected Friday Cassie got distant with her actions, and 1 mediocre soap favourite got the blame. Tracy Barlow was framed for Ken's evident medicine mix-up, that led to his infirmary stint.

Steve McDonald was told by Toyah Battersby that Tracy had really dropped Ken's pill container connected the floor, containing his medicine with it seemingly separated by day. Tracy was said to person enactment the pills backmost successful the incorrect way, and this was believed to person caused his 'poisoning'.

While Tracy is of people innocent, Ken assumed that Cassie had not drugged him aft each and that it was Tracy by accident. Steve suggested that with the pills enactment backmost incorrectly, Ken was apt fixed excessively many.

With that, Ken screamed astatine Tracy and called her immoderate beauteous horrible names earlier telling her to leave. Tracy believed she had done incorrect too, not realising it was Cassie who had drugged her father.

Tracy fled successful tears arsenic Ken slammed his girl saying helium didn't privation to spot her. With that helium invited Cassie to enactment for him again, and adjacent offered her a wage increase.

He was apologetic implicit what helium believed to beryllium a misunderstanding, reasoning Cassie was innocent. Cassie was thrilled to person gotten distant with her actions, and it soon became evident she was going to people Ken erstwhile more.

Elderly Ken could present beryllium successful superior danger, but with Cassie aft his wealth volition she extremity up sidesplitting him? After his caller infirmary dash, volition she spell excessively far? Viewers saw the quality looking up tablets that "make you drowsy" online, with her intelligibly preparing to cause him erstwhile again - but volition it pb to a tragic extremity for Ken?

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