Coronation Street's Luke Britton will be charged with assault in the New Year after being provoked by two racists.
The ITV soap will be exploring the issue of racism with the arrival of new Underworld clients Justin and Dale Parker, who shock Alya Nazir (Sair Khan) with vile remarks about her religion later this month.
Alya chooses not to respond to the bigots' jibes, as she knows the factory desperately needs support from the Parker brothers to get back on track.
While Alya feels pressured into keeping quiet, Luke's response is very different when Justin and Dale call at the garage for help with a flat tyre and make offensive remarks to him too.
After Luke lashes out at the pair, he gets hauled down to the station for questioning and admits that he did assault them after being provoked by a string of racist comments.
Luke's admission leads to him being charged, and things only get worse when the garage is later targeted in a mystery break-in.
Luke Britton clashes with the Parker brothers in Coronation Street
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Alya and Luke are convinced the Parker brothers are behind the incident, and it also doesn't take a genius to figure out who might be responsible when Alya receives racist hate mail.
New lawyer Imran Habeeb points out the hate mail is important evidence which could help Luke's case, but will the true villains be exposed?
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