Ken left for dead

[Perdita]

CORRIE'S Ken Barlow will be left for dead after being viciously attacked - by his own grandson James.
Charity worker James shows his dark side when he forges Ken's signature and takes out a huge loan against No 1 Coronation Street.

When Ken - played by 79-year-old William Roache - finds the grandson he has started to dote on has robbed him he is devastated.

But when he tries to call the police, James - William's real-life son James, 25 - knocks him out, sending him crashing to the floor. James then panics and flees. Ken is found by Deirdre (Anne Kirkbride), who is distraught.

Gay James came into Ken's life last year as his long-lost grandson - moving in with the Barlows while he worked for the homeless charity.

And it is the charity who put him up to the scam - so they can buy a halfway house.


But No 1 has been home to the Barlows since the 1970s. So when trusting Ken finds he could lose his home if he can't keep up extortionate repayments, he rages at James: "How could you do it?

"You come into my house as a guest, as my grandson, as my own flesh and blood - and then set about robbing my family of everything we've ever worked for.

"You're nothing but a cheap conman, a two-bit crook!"

Furious James replies: "I'd rather be a crook than a doddering old hypocrite like you."

A source said: "It'll be weird for James watching himself punching his dad, but they're gripping scenes."



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[xcarlyx]

i thought his grandson (on screen) doesn't seem like a thug

[walsh2509]

And it is the charity who put him up to the scam - so they can buy a halfway house.


WHAT ! how bloodly stupid is that storyline, now I know corrie has in the last 10 years or so has gone from a soap to a comdey half hour but come on .

[LostVoodoo]

And it is the charity who put him up to the scam - so they can buy a halfway house.


WHAT ! how bloodly stupid is that storyline, now I know corrie has in the last 10 years or so has gone from a soap to a comdey half hour but come on .

that does seem a bit odd. maybe if the halfway house was under threat and he was desperate to keep it open, then yes, but a charity is not going to tell him to commit mortgage fraud!

[tammyy2j]

CORRIE'S Ken Barlow will be left for dead after being viciously attacked - by his own grandson James.

When did that happen?

[Perdita]

When did that happen?

Last night, not that you would have known it :wall:
He was able to tell Deirdre exactly what happened and only had a bit of a bruise on his right temple. I think they mean that James would not have known the extent of injuries Ken sustained that James left him for dead when he left him lying on the floor.