Jennie McAlpine: 'Fiz will be horrified'

Coronation Street star Jennie McAlpine has spoken out about the latest twists in the soap's Stape saga, admitting that her character Fiz is "horrified" by events which unfold over the coming weeks.

As announced by Corrie boss Phil Collinson earlier this month, Fiz will soon be charged with murder after the police decide that she must have been involved in her husband John's crime spree.

McAlpine told Soaplife: "The way the police see it, three people have died - Colin, Joy and Charlotte - and Fiz did falsely claim the quite significant £180,000 from Joy's will.

"So to the police it makes sense that Fiz and John needed Joy dead and needed her son and heir dead to get the money. And they needed Charlotte dead when she got involved."

Fiz finally realises the severity of her situation when she is charged and refused bail in scenes which air early next month.

McAlpine continued: "She wasn't expecting to end up in prison. Her solicitor does try to warn her but she's like, 'You tell them about Hope and that I need to be home with my baby' and she doesn't even contemplate being imprisoned. So when she doesn't get bail, she's just horrified. She really thought she was going home."

Reports have suggested that Fiz decides to hand her baby daughter Hope over to Roy and Hayley Cropper as she contemplates a long stint behind bars.

McAlpine added: "She would trust nobody else more than she trusts Roy and Hayley with her daughter. And they would do anything to help Fiz."

Coronation Street bosses have confirmed that Fiz will stand trial in the autumn.

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