Blackmail horror for The Six as Walford resident teams up with Dean Wicks for revenge in EastEnders
LINDA Carter is going to face more trouble in EastEnders after the man she framed for Keanu Taylor’s murder discovered her plot.
She has been struggling to cope and turned to alcohol ever since she killed Keanu to protect her friend.
In the dramatic Christmas Day special, ‘The Six’ agreed to keep quiet about their involvement in Keanu’s death, and hid the body.
As Phil Mitchell started to suspect the women of their crimes, they decided they needed a scapegoat to blame the murder on.
Linda picked her brother-in-law Dean Wicks to suffer the consequences of her actions.
She has wanted revenge on him ever since he raped her in 2014, and saw this as her perfect opportunity to get him jailed – albeit not for his crime.
Stacey helped sneak the murder weapon into Dean’s flat while pretending she was there to reconnect with him.
After cops found the meat thermometer in his home he was swiftly arrested.
But Dean knows he was set up, and although he is now behind bars, he is preparing a sinister scheme of his own.
In upcoming scenes Linda is shaken when Dean’s associate Fraser turns up in her pub and attempts to force her into a bad deal.
The Vic landlady is left confused and frightened, and turns to drink once again to cope.
She turns to Jack for advice on Dean’s upcoming trial, which she has been dreading due to worries that as the evidence is presented, she will be exposed as the real murderer.
Linda descends even further into alcoholism as her anxiety over the situation gets worse and she begins to reach breaking point.
She finally has a public meltdown after receiving two blackmail letters from an unknown source, and starts hysterically accusing regulars at The Vic of sending them to her.
As Johnny attempts to calm her down, viewers will get their first glimpse of the anonymous Walford local who is secretly visiting Dean Wicks in jail and doing his bidding in EastEnders.
Most devastating soap deaths
SOAP viewers are frequently left heartbroken after watching some of their favourite characters bite the dust.
Here is a list of the most devastating deaths that have taken place in soapland over the years.
EASTENDERS
Barry Evans – Evil Janine (Charlie Brooks) lured her trusting fiance to Scotland for a quickie marriage after learning he was dying.
Her plan to inherit Barry’s fortune was thwarted when Barry told her that the doctors had mixed up his medical files.
Furious that she was no longer set for a windfall, she pushed Barry off a cliff after telling him their love was “fake”.
Bradley Branning – Bradley was accused of killing Stacey Slater’s rapist Archie Mitchell (Larry Lamb) after he punched him twice on the night he died.
He was spotted in the Square by a police woman who chased him up a fire escape.
Bradley lost his balance and tragically plunged to his death.
CORONATION STREET
Tina McIntyre – Tina was getting it on with Peter Barlow – despite him being married to Carla Connor.
When she threatened to reveal the truth, Carla’s brother Rob got into a physical altercation with her.
Tina lost her footing and fell off a balcony – then warned Rob she was going to tell the cops he pushed her.
In a panic, Rob brutally clobbered her over the head with a metal pipe.
EMMERDALE
Sarah Sugden – After the family got into financial problems, Sarah’s son Andy (Kelvin Fletcher) decided to make some quick cash from an insurance company by setting fire to the Sugden barn.
He didn’t realise his mum was inside the building, and she got trapped in the blaze.
Nine villagers – The shocking 1993 plane crash episode brought in 18 million viewers for Emmerdale.
Mark Hughes was killed by a falling wall, Archie Brooks was burned by jet fuel, Elizabeth Pollard was killed by debris and newcomer Leonard Kempinski died in a car crash caused by the crash.
Five other non-recurring characters from the village also died.
HOLLYOAKS
Carmel McQueen – The talented singer died in shocking scenes when a train crashed into a her family’s car.
Carmel managed to free her cousin Theresa from the rubble – but got stuck in it herself.
Moments later the train exploded and Carmel died in the arms of her family members, promising to be their guardian angel.