Coronation Street - Current Episode Discussion - V

[Son of Cain]

Usual sloppy writing for last night's episode. They say they go to great lengths consulting experts for the abuse storyline, then the keystone kops turn up and behave like no police force in the history of time, and the whole premise of authenticity falls apart. Allowing Tim to walk into and through a potential murder scene and arresting Yasmeen in the street instead of in the house were just 2 examples worthy of a comedy rather than a drama. They also have an endless supply of rubbish female detectives, turning what are no doubt decent actresses into on screen buffoons. And as for Eileen (yes, the Eileen that was totally fooled by Phelan) declining to mention that she saw Geoff locking Yasmeen in, that's just the icing on the cake.

I think it is laziness to do proper research unless they are consulting cheap experts. Not sure Yasmeen would be arrested at that point, surely she would have been asked to go to the police station for questioning and only arrested if she refused to go. The state she was in she would have agreed to anything.
Anyway it should all be over and done with tomorrow when they find Geoff's spy camera. This should show him threatening her with the bread knife. I am not sure if there is audio but even if there is not, when Yameen gets over her state of shock and tells the police that he threatened to kill her, she can claim self defense and the video should support this. As I understand it you do not have to wait until an attacker starts to harm you before you fight back, if you believe your life is in danger, after a verbal threat you are entitled to take appropriate action. Of course we know this will not be cleared up tomorrow, I fear it will continue for a while yet. .