Paedo stalks Corrie barmaid

[Perdita]

CORRIE chiefs are following EastEnders’ lead — by introducing a paedophile.

A pervert copper who tried to seduce barmaid Becky Grainger when she was just 15 is on his way to wreak havoc in Weatherfield.

Detective Constable Hooch will seek payback for Becky shopping him as a sicko years ago.

The cop, played by Dominic Carter, wriggled off the rap but is still furious the Rovers’ favourite revealed his sordid secret and tarnished his reputation.

The move comes two weeks into a shocking storyline in rival soap EastEnders, which has seen ex-con Tony King, 33 (Chris Coghill) passionately kissing and bedding his 15-year-old stepdaughter Whitney Dean (Shona McGarty).

A Coronation Street insider said: “We never intentionally copy EastEnders and our plot will be portrayed significantly different to theirs. However, we are aware that this is a sensitive issue and we have ensured that all aspects have been thoroughly researched.”

Tart-with-a-heart Becky, played by Katherine Kelly, 27, comes back in contact with her attacker when she is arrested for vandalism after being dumped by lover Jason (Ryan Thomas).

He had tried to molest her more than ten years ago when he nabbed her for shoplifting as a young teen.

She had told his seniors and now Hooch is out for revenge and fits her up with a false charge of assault — meaning she faces jail.

However, friends Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson) and Roy Cropper (David Neilson) pledge to help expose Hooch as a twisted paedophile after she finally confides in them.


The storyline will air on the ITV1 soap in November

Had to happen sooner or later, other soaps will probably also have this storyline in the near future..

[Perdita]

There's a report in one of today's tabloids that suggests Coronation Street's Becky Granger (Kat Kelly) is to become embroiled in a paedophile plot, much like that in EastEnders at the moment.

Surprisingly, however, the story isn't quite right.

There is a hint in the storyline that Becky's alleged abuser, policeman DC Hooch (Dominic Carter), tried it on with Becky when she was younger, but that aspect of the storyline certainly isn't the main focus.

Instead, her 'involvement' with Steve (Simon Gregson) and Steve's relationship with Michelle (Kym Ryder) is thrown into the spotlight.

A spokeswoman for the ITV soap confirmed to me this morning: "The storyline involving Becky and DC Hooch is not a 'paedophile storyline'. There is one mention of the fact that Hooch tried it on with Becky when he arrested her for shoplifting when she was 15. But she gave him a black eye and reported him."

She continued: "He is now in charge of her arrest on suspicion of criminal damage and he is seeking revenge by adding an additional phoney charge of assault. Becky's age at the time of the original incident does not become a significant issue in the storyline. What this storyline is about is whether Steve will agree to be her alibi therefore risking his relationship with Michelle."

[lizann]

So is it Becky was abused when she was younger? :searchme:

I really hope Steve gets with Becky i really cant stand Michelle or Jason

[Perdita]

I don't think she was abused, but the cop tried it on and she gave him a black eye. If she was not so feisty though, she might have been too scared and then the cop might have been abusing her and not just the once either. I would not mind her and Steve together, his relationship with Michelle is obviously never going to work.