Coronation Street confirms Gary Windass's shock sentence in early ITVX episode

Coronation Street spoilers follow from Tuesday's episode (20 October), which is available to watch now on ITVX and YouTube but hasn't aired on ITV1 yet.

As one Coronation Street prison storyline ends, another begins – Gary Windass is heading to jail for his involvement in covering up Theo Silverton's murder.

The bombshell news is revealed in Tuesday's episode after Gary heads to court to face the music after his recent mistake.

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Viewers know that Gary helped Sarah to conceal the truth after she killed Theo earlier this year.

Sarah has just walked free after her murder trial – following three months being held on remand – but the saga is far from over as Gary isn't so lucky!

Maria Connor accompanies her worried husband to court, but returns alone, making it clear that the outcome has gone against him…

Maria picks a fight at the Bistro, where Sarah is celebrating her freedom with her daughter Bethany and best friend Todd Grimshaw.

When Sarah asks where Gary is, Maria replies: "Take a wild guess!"

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Maria confirms that Gary received an eight-month sentence – and she blames Sarah for dragging him into this mess.

Meanwhile, we see Gary being led into his new prison surroundings, indicating that the show will be following his journey in the coming weeks.

James Cartwright, who played Theo, recently praised the decision to have Sarah responsible for his character's demise.

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Speaking exclusively to Digital Spy, he commented: "What greater justice than a scaffolder going off some scaffolding after a scaff pole to the back of the head? I really, really enjoyed it.

"Essentially a soap is a very moral medium. So we want your underdogs to triumph and your villains to meet a sticky end, which isn't always how it happens in life. But isn't it great that there's a place on television where that can happen?

"And people can see that, and all of your darkest fantasies of going 'oh I tell you what, I'd bloody love to do him in the back of the head with a scaff pole!' And then it happens! It's a great thing."

Coronation Street airs on weeknights at 8.30pm on ITV1 and streams on ITVX.

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