Coronation Street's Christina concerns George as she tricks Richie

George fears for Christina in tonight’s episode (10 November) of Coronation Street as he advises her against lying to Richie.

She is convinced that Richie, who is in prison for her daughter Rachel’s death, was abusing her.

This is the opposite of Richie’s story, who claimed Rachel was abusing him before she died, causing him to eventually fight back.

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But Christina is determined to expose Richie as an abuser and murderer, and this evening she visited him in prison.

This comes after Christina wrote to Richie and claimed she has a brother who went through a similar situation to him, and he really appreciates what he thinks is genuine support.

George voiced his concerns about his girlfriend going to see him, but Christina carries out the next phase of her cunning plan.

Richie and Christina sat face-to-face in prison, and she pretended to be sympathetic towards him in a bid to win his trust.

He asked her about Lucy after he discovered that she was moved from Tim’s care, after she was inadvertently struck by Sally.

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“I know that Sally said that she’d moved, but I thought that was par for the course with fostering,” Christina said, acting as though she was none the wiser. Richie then said he did not care about his fate, but just wanted to know that Lucy was safe.

What Christina and the other Weatherfield residents do not know is that Richie and daughter Lucy seem to be hiding the fact that Lucy was responsible for Rachel's death.

As they sat down to have dinner later in the episode, Christina filled George in on her visit to see Richie, and she was fuming with how concerned he was about Lucy. “If you’re that concerned, you shouldn't have killed her mother," Christina said.

George chimed in and questioned if Christina was crossing a line by being so hell-bent on Richie being her daughter’s killer.

“I know there are so many feelings going on for you here,” he responded. “I’m just a little bit worried that they are blinding you.”

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George then suggested that Christina was doing all she could to get justice for Rachel now because she felt guilty about giving her up as a baby.

He urged Christina to stick to the facts of the investigation rather than carrying out her own crusade to bring Richie down.

Scared she may come to some harm, George said: “I’m just terrified you are getting in way too deep here. Let’s say Richie is the violent pig you think he is - you getting involved like this, that terrifies me even more.”

He left Christina with much to ponder, but will she listen to him or continue her one-woman mission against Richie?

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

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