ITV Coronation Street fans point out issue with Laura and Gary twist they 'didn't see coming'

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Coronation Street fans were left stunned on Friday night over a twist they admit they 'didn't see coming'. Viewers of the ITV soap often have their theories proven right, but during the latest scenes between Laura Neelan and Gary Windass, they were left open-mouthed after he admitted to killing her husband - before she took the rap.

Time was looking like it was up for Gary earlier this week after he discovered the old brickworks where he had to move loan shark Rick's body to in 2020 after killing him the year before was set to be turned into Weatherfield County's new training ground. The reformed bad boy attempted to access the site, but was quickly caught out by security.

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He returned to the cobbles and told his wife Maria, who just found out she had been voted onto the council, that he was going to confess to everything. As he returned home, Laura was already going to confront Gary after her private investigator told her they believed Rick is dead - and that Gary killed him.

In the emotionally-charged scenes, Gary admitted to Laura what he had done, saying he acted in self-defence after Rick tried to kill him and threatening to kill his then-girlfriend Sarah Platt and her children. Laura was worried about what the news would do to her daughter Kelly, but Gary knew she'd have to call the police.

Gary begged a dying Laura to let him speak to his partner Maria before she called the police and she agreed, with viewers seeing him heading out the flat in tears to the Bistro, where he had a last drink with his wife. Meanwhile, Laura overhead Kelly talking to Simon Barlow in Victoria Gardens about how she was happy she was