This article contains spoilers for tonight’s Coronation Street , which has not yet aired on TV but is available to watch now on ITVX.

Coronation Street has had several murders in recent history, but in tonight’s episode we were reminded of one from many years ago.

Having just moved onto the cobbles, the Driscolls are still, of course, catching up on local gossip, and Maggie (Pauline McLynn) was keen to let grandson Ollie (Raphael Akuwudike) in on a grisly true crime tale.

When Tracy Barlow (Kate Ford) asked Ollie to watch her drink on the bar while she nipped to the loo, Maggie delighted in pointing out that she had previously killed a man.

Eva Price ( Catherine Tyldesley ) filled in the finer details, explaining that she’d killed her boyfriend with a blunt object.

Long-time Co

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