2703: Zoe takes the stand in court

As the murder trial continues, it's Zoe's big day in court. Everyone's anxious as they arrive, especially Zak who's nervous about seeing Zoe after walking out the previous day. Kris refuses to stay away, but has an excruciating wait in the corridor after being thrown out yesterday. Kris discovers that Amy's been outside the courtroom every day of the trial but he's angry when she instantly dismisses Zoe's innocence. Kris then tells her to go into the courtroom and listen to what Zoe has to say.

The prosecution commences with the pathologist's report and everyone struggles to hold in their emotions as they listen to the harrowing details of Sarah's death. It all proves too much for Amy as she screams at Zoe for killing her sister, before running out.

Zoe finally has her moment in court and takes the stand as she's put through some gruelling questions by the prosecution and is left completely bewildered and emotionally exhausted by her ordeal.

As the barristers give their closing statements, the prospect of facing a prison sentence kicks in for Zoe as the members of the jury retire to consider their verdict.

Charlotte's tormented by Lydia's revelation and doesn't know what to do. She almost confides in Dave when he sees that she's upset but Charlotte can't go through with it. Charlotte heads over to the court and arrives just in time to rescue Lydia from Nancy, Kris and Archie's attack. They're angry by her lies but unable to prove anything.

Meanwhile, Gilly's suffering following Cheryl's Caribbean cuisine the previous evening but is forced to endure her over-zealous ways of nursing him back to health. Rhys takes great delight in seeing him in pain and winds him up by letting Cheryl into the house to look after him, even though Gilly begs him not to. Rhys makes a sharp exit and Gilly is forced to feign delight but he can't take much more of Cheryl's homemade cures and makes a sharp exit himself when Suzanne arrives home and distracts her.

Gilly's mortified when Steph sees him looking awful and tries to avoid her but he's totally smitten when she takes him by the hand and gently looks after him. During a heart-to-heart with Suzanne, Cheryl realises just how much she likes Gilly - just as Gilly decides he doesn't want to be with her anymore…

Elsewhere, Anita's fed up about being on her own and tries to befriend Theresa. Theresa, however, just makes fun of her and asks what illness she's making up this week, before stomping off.

Desperate to put things right between them, Anita goes after her and begs her to listen to the reasons behind her illness lie. After the initial awkwardness, Theresa listens to what Anita has to say and before long, the friends are reunited.