{"id":4268,"date":"2026-06-01T20:00:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T20:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/coronation-street-rules-out-theo-murder-suspect-after-surprise-twist-but-fans-arent-convinced\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T20:00:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T20:00:36","slug":"coronation-street-rules-out-theo-murder-suspect-after-surprise-twist-but-fans-arent-convinced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/coronation-street-rules-out-theo-murder-suspect-after-surprise-twist-but-fans-arent-convinced\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronation Street rules out Theo murder suspect after surprise twist but fans aren&#8217;t convinced"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 class=\"LeadText_lead-text__wd_PA __className_ccfe97\" data-testid=\"leadtext\">Coronation Street has seemingly ruled out an official suspect in the murder case for Theo Silverton but fans were left taken aback at where the sudden alibi had come from and others don&#8217;t believe it at all<\/h2>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX ImageEmbed_image-lead__Ti3qQ\" data-testid=\"leadimage\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37233030\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Coronation Street \" loading=\"eager\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 508px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37233030.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/0_EMBARGO_CORO_LINEUP.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37233030.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s508\/0_EMBARGO_CORO_LINEUP.jpg 508w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37233030.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/0_EMBARGO_CORO_LINEUP.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37233030.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/0_EMBARGO_CORO_LINEUP.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Coronation Street has seemingly ruled out one of the suspects in the Theo Silverton murder case \" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Coronation Street has seemingly ruled out one of the suspects in the Theo Silverton murder case <\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/coronation-street\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Coronation Street<\/a> has seemingly ruled out an official suspect in the murder case for Theo Silverton. The evil scaffolder, who was played by former Tracy Beaker star James Cartwright, Todd Grimshaw ( <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Gareth PierceLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/gareth-pierce\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Gareth Pierce<\/a> ) for almost a year and was found dead at the end of a much-hyped Murder Week, in which he was one of five antagonists who could have been killed off.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Pretty soon after the dramatic night, bosses of the programme revealed that Todd himself, Theo&#8217;s colleague Gary Windass (Mikey Norton), Todd&#8217;s surrogate father George Shuttleworth (Tony Maudsley), his partner Christina Boyd (Amy Robbins) and Theo&#8217;s ex-wife Danielle Anderson, played by former <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"EmmerdaleLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/emmerdale\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Emmerdale<\/a> star Natalie Anderson, were the official suspects.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">On the night of the murder, <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/tv\/tv-news\/coronation-street-right-swarla-shows-37053970\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">she was delivering Lisa and Carla&#8217;s wedding cake<\/a> but it had been noticed that she had parked her car on the street for an abnormally long time.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37233025\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37233025\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.78\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Coronation Street \" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37233025.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/2_06_coro_todd_lisa_01.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37233025.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/2_06_coro_todd_lisa_01.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37233025.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/2_06_coro_todd_lisa_01.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37233025.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/2_06_coro_todd_lisa_01.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"DS Lisa Swain, who has a history of locking up innocent people, was shocked when Todd told her she was rubbish at her job\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">DS Lisa Swain, who has a history of locking up innocent people, was shocked when Todd told her she was rubbish at her job<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">DS Lisa Swain, who has a long history of locking innocent people up, is busy interrogating her friends and neighbours over the case and recently had Summer charged with murder, although a flashback confirmed that she was not at the scene at the time of Theo&#8217;s death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Determined to get his daughter out of trouble, Todd asked Lisa why she not not arrested Danielle over the death of her ex-husband but she said: &#8220;She&#8217;s got dashcam footage, and her alibi checks out. She wasn&#8217;t even at the scene when Theo was killed.&#8221; When Sarah asked her where that left Summer in the whole mess, Lisa refused to comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Unable to <a target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/take-that-1\" rel=\"follow\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">take that<\/a> for an answer, Todd later called round to number six, where Lisa told him: &#8221; Look, I know it&#8217;s a distressing time for you, and, yes, we&#8217;re neighbours but you can&#8217;t just rock up at my door. I told you before about Danielle. There is video evidence of her leaving the street. She&#8217;s in the clear.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">When Todd protested that didn&#8217;t mean Summer was guilty, Lisa , who decided that the fact Summer&#8217;s brooch was found in Theo&#8217;s flat was enough evidence to charge her, snapped back: &#8220;It doesn&#8217;t mean that she&#8217;s not!&#8221; Lisa, as Weatherfield&#8217;s busiest copper, then told Todd she had to rush off for a night shift.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">He said: &#8221; Fine, I&#8217;ll come with you and see if I can get my phone back,&#8221; and this stopped Lisa in her tracks. He reminded her: &#8221; You lot took it in as evidence. It&#8217;s useless to you, so I&#8217;d like it back, please. Maybe you can do one thing right.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"image-group\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX false\" data-testid=\"imageembed-37233027\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"37233027\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"image\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.66\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Coronation Street \" loading=\"lazy\" sizes=\"(max-width: 458px) 458px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37233027.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/30_05_coro_lisa_danielle_01.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37233027.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458b\/30_05_coro_lisa_danielle_01.jpg 458w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37233027.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/30_05_coro_lisa_danielle_01.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/article37233027.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200e\/30_05_coro_lisa_danielle_01.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Theo's ex-wife Danielle has been ruled out of the investigation because she is apparently an events planner and had been delivering the cake to Carla and Lisa's wedding at the time\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Theo&#8217;s ex-wife Danielle has been ruled out of the investigation because she is apparently an events planner and had been delivering the cake to Carla and Lisa&#8217;s wedding at the time<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">When she said she had no idea where it had gone, Todd said: &#8220;Of course, sorry, I mean, you&#8217;re only the detective! If my phone&#8217;s gone walkies, that&#8217;s significant, surely? If it&#8217;s disappeared, you need to look into that. You really do stink at your job!&#8221; It was then that Lisa&#8217;s wife Carla asked him to leave, and he did.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Once he had gone, Lisa explained: &#8220;No phone was retrieved that night, so where did it go?&#8221; As she said this, a flashback played over the top of some dramatic music, and a gloved individual was seen with a phone in their hands whilst seated in a car.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Taking to social media, one fan said: &#8220;Danielle is definitely hiding something,&#8221; whilst another said: &#8220;No one&#8217;s mentioning CCTV, Todd &amp; Theo&#8217;s ring camera etc. when it comes to the murder but did mention it to give Danielle an alibi because #corrie wants to drag this out until the end of the month so then mentioning the phone means it will lead us to the next phase.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">One said: &#8220;I think it was Danielle.&#8221; Another said: &#8220;I think it was Danielle simply because Swain, AKA the word&#8217;s most incompetent copper, has put her in the clear and she&#8217;s usually wrong. I cheered when Todd said what we were all thinking &#8211; she is crap at her job.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Taking to X, another said: &#8220;Todd is right, Lisa is s*** at her job at the moment &#8211; just reveal the killer already, stop dragging s*** out.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Others were simply surprised at Danielle&#8217;s apparent alibi, with one writing: &#8220;Wait, Danielle delivered Carla and Lisa&#8217;s wedding cake?! This is news to me,&#8221; as another said: &#8220;The reason Danielle was dropping Carla &amp; Lisa\u2019s wedding cake off is because her job is \u201cevent organiser&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;Although its hard to know what her job was when the writers don&#8217;t develop characters properly any more, don&#8217;t give them personalities. 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