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03-09-2009, 01:03
CORRIE kitchen-fitter Joe McIntyre's life will turn into a nightmare when he falls into the clutches of a ruthless loan shark.
The terrifying ordeal sees the troubled dad's whole family threatened - and mimics a recent real-life case in Manchester.
Last month thuggish John Kiely, 36, was jailed for five years after netting nearly £3million while charging interest of up to 2,500 per cent.
He sent in heavies to tell clients they would be battered or shot if they failed to keep up payments.
In the ITV1 soap storyline, burly actor Greg Wood will play shark Rick Neeland, who buys a kitchen supplier Joe owes £2,000.
The leech then raises rates sky-high - which soon leaves Joe, played by Reece Dinsdale, 50, owing a whopping £9,000.
Rick tells Joe: "Unless you pay up we'll hound you and intimidate you until you're scared to leave the house."
And he warns: "By the time we're finished with you, you'll sell everything you own and borrow from everybody you know just to get rid of us."
But Joe still can't find the money and soon he is not the only person in danger.
Rick says: "Next time I won't be on my own and we'll be calling when your family is here to strip the place if we have to."
And in hellish scenes the heartless yob will push into the house Joe shares with Gail Platt (Helen Worth) to look for anything of value to seize.
Desperate Joe, who has long battled financial problems and depression, then makes the decision to protect his family - whatever the cost to himself. The scenes air in November.
Perhaps Joe should set Devil Boy David on them
The terrifying ordeal sees the troubled dad's whole family threatened - and mimics a recent real-life case in Manchester.
Last month thuggish John Kiely, 36, was jailed for five years after netting nearly £3million while charging interest of up to 2,500 per cent.
He sent in heavies to tell clients they would be battered or shot if they failed to keep up payments.
In the ITV1 soap storyline, burly actor Greg Wood will play shark Rick Neeland, who buys a kitchen supplier Joe owes £2,000.
The leech then raises rates sky-high - which soon leaves Joe, played by Reece Dinsdale, 50, owing a whopping £9,000.
Rick tells Joe: "Unless you pay up we'll hound you and intimidate you until you're scared to leave the house."
And he warns: "By the time we're finished with you, you'll sell everything you own and borrow from everybody you know just to get rid of us."
But Joe still can't find the money and soon he is not the only person in danger.
Rick says: "Next time I won't be on my own and we'll be calling when your family is here to strip the place if we have to."
And in hellish scenes the heartless yob will push into the house Joe shares with Gail Platt (Helen Worth) to look for anything of value to seize.
Desperate Joe, who has long battled financial problems and depression, then makes the decision to protect his family - whatever the cost to himself. The scenes air in November.
Perhaps Joe should set Devil Boy David on them