Coronation Street fans sickened as Gary Windass blames murdered Rick for the factory collapse

CORONATION Street’s Gary Windass has sickened fans by blaming Rana Habeeb’s death and the factory collapse on murdered Rick Neelan.

The evil builder – who is played by actor Mikey North in the ITV soap – came close to confessing the truth to Rana’s brother Imran tonight but changed his mind at the last minute to blame Rick, who he murdered earlier this year.

Viewers were sickened by Gary letting Rick’s already damaged reputation take the hit after his young daughter turned up on the cobbles trying to find her missing father.

Earlier Gary told Imran: “You were right. All this time I’ve watched you and Kate going through hell and I’ve done nothing.

“I’ve said nothing. I wanted to say something so many times, I really have. But how could I? How do you just admit something like that? I’m not going to lie anymore. Rana’s dead because of me.

“There’s not a day that goers by when I don’t feel guilty about what happened. I was up to my eyes in debt, we were three months behind on rent, we lost the flat and I was desperate so I went to a loan shark, a guy called Rick Neelan and borrowed a stupid amount of money.

“I borrowed the money knowing I had the big job coming, the factory roof. I thought I could pay Rick back with the money I was getting from that.

“But then Carla changed her mind and told me to patch it up instead. Rick knew that I was working on it, and he knew that I couldn’t pay my debts back so Rick did it. He was trying to make me look like a cowboy, he was trying to ruin my reputation.

“I swear to you, I did not bring that roof down.”

And when a disbelieving Imran took him to the police station to make an official statement, things went from bad to worse for Gary when the detective revealed she didn’t believe a word he was saying and kept him overnight for further questioning.

But with Rick’s daughter soon to discover the lies Gary has told, fans were disgusted at his actions.

One wrote: “Blame it on Rick! You absolute coward Gary! #Corrie”

A second said: “I thought Gary was fessing up but no…. he’s still lying through his teeth. #Corrie #CoronationStreet”

Another added: “Gary with the tears too boot..!! Scumbag #Corrie”

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