Coronation Street's Graeme Hawley has claimed that John Stape is on the verge of having a nervous breakdown.

Viewers of the ITV soap have seen John trying to live with the guilt of having buried Colin Fishwick's body under the factory floor and murdering his crazed blackmailer Charlotte Hoyle, while attempting to support his wife Fiz, who has just given birth to their daughter Hope.

"He's on the verge of a nervous breakdown and is an even looser canon than Charlotte was," he told What's On TV. "He doesn't know left from right or up from down at the moment.

"Ches notices something is up. But given that people have died in the tram crash and Hope is poorly, you'd expect John to be anxious."

Hawley admitted that he does not know what the future holds for John, because he keeps expecting the storyline to come to a conclusion.

"They keep telling me they will have to wrap this storyline up, but keep coming back with new twists," he added. "Maybe John will break soap code and get away with murder. Who knows?"


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