To think Kelly from Coronation Street is partly guilty of Seb’s murder

[Ninafromcorrie]

Note, thread is for those who watch Coronation Street. If you don’t, please don’t post with ‘I don’t watch it so YABU’ responses. There are many threads that hold no personal interest to me I don’t comment on. Please do the same if Corrie isn’t your thing.

Even if not wholly responsible, her actions both directly and indirectly contributed to his death, so I don’t understand why the writers are going down the route of Corey being guilty and Kelly innocent.

Does anyone else think she should actually be in prison and that the presentation of her as a victim is deviating from the real victim in this case? Given it’s based on a RL murder the focus on Kelly seems pretty distasteful. After all, Seb (and Sophie Lancaster) will never get to be free again.

YANBU - she definitely started it and had a big part to play.

She solicited the assault which ultimately led to Sebs death. She also stood back and did nothing until it was too late. Whilst I don't think she should go down for murder, she should certainly be held accountable for aiding and abetting manslaughter.

Not sure if we still have joint enterprise?

I do think she was an accessory before the fact. At the very least she is guilty of assault.

Much discussion about this on the Corrie thread in telly addicts. The CPS barrister called it a case of joint enterprise in his opening comments.

Yes but Corrie is so beyond dross now it’s hardly worth critiquing. I think it’s a bunch of students making it.

Yes, I think Kelly had a part to play in Seb's murder.
Having been through a murder trial I've found Coronation Street very upsetting lately.

I agree. She's a real nasty piece of work anyway. Who is the black lawyer in court? He sits in front of the lawyer couple who used to be married. By the way I thought the foster father guy was a solicitor, not a barrister. Apologies, I'm tired and can't remember anybody's names!

You can't critique something so badly written any more. It's utter, utter dross and drivel.

A 16 year old child represented in court by a solicitor-advocate who is her own foster carer. Aye, right.

This is manipulative shite.

@HollowTalk
He is representing the 2 boys who attacked Nina.

I struggle to comprehend how Imran can represent her, doesn't he here several conflicts of interests???

I agree Op - YANBU

100% agree @Ninafromcorrie

Soooo annoying that Corey has got away with it. (Thus far...)

But Kelly is an accessory to the crime. She should have go 4-5 years for that alone IMO. She's far from innocent.

[quote ParkheadParadise]**@HollowTalk
He is representing the 2 boys who attacked Nina.[/quote]
No he’s the CPS barrister. The other boys are being tried separately from Corey and Kelly as they didn’t assault Seb, they assaulted Nina.

@MrsRobbieHart
Thanks, I've not really paid much attention to the court case.

Tbh they’ve veered so far from reality it doesn’t resemble anything like a real court case anymore. I wouldn’t be surprised if they had someone walking round the courtroom selling hotdogs during the witness cross examination.

Aye, it's definitely not like a real court case.

It’s actually massively insulting to the real life story it was based on, Sophie Lancaster who was kicked to death for dressing alternative and gothy. When the storyline was first picked up her mum was on This Morning saying how she hoped they’d do it justice and handle it sensitively- she seemed confident they would! But it’s like the writers forgot all that by the time the farce of a kangaroo court case rolled around. Absolute joke.

It’s a soap - it’s unreal on everything. Where else would the criminals, the solicitors, the police all live in the one street?

Definitely guilty of assault, but not any murder related charge imo

Assault, not murder.

She didn't kill anyone. She didn't plan to kill anyone.

@WheelieBinPrincess

It’s actually massively insulting to the real life story it was based on, Sophie Lancaster who was kicked to death for dressing alternative and gothy. When the storyline was first picked up her mum was on This Morning saying how she hoped they’d do it justice and handle it sensitively- she seemed confident they would! But it’s like the writers forgot all that by the time the farce of a kangaroo court case rolled around. Absolute joke.

Sophie’s mum actually worked with the script writers the whole time making the story line. She knows which way it’s planned out and how it will end. I think it’s a good thing their not copying what happened. It’s a storyline not a rendition of what happened to Sophie and Robert.