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Barbara Knox Charged With Drink Driving
Barbara Knox who plays Rita Turner in the long running soap Coronation Street has been charged with Drink Driving according to police.
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Wonder if Corrie suspend her then? they can't have one rule for some stars and not others. Drink driving is a serious offence.
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Yeah she'll probably get suspended.
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Barbara will probably make a cursory 30-second apology to Blackburn, then head back to the studio.
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I don't think she will be suspended, if reports are correct this incident has been described as a "personal matter".
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Well as I have said before, they sacked Chris Fountain for far less.
So how that they have charged her, she should be out on her ear. |
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Wonder if Corrie suspend her then? they can't have one rule for some stars and not others. Drink driving is a serious offence.
If the shows EP isnt to be seen as a total hypocrite them Ms Knox will have to be suspended.If she isnt I can imagine some of Chris Fountains friends amongst the younger cast being very unhappy. |
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I don't think she will be suspended, if reports are correct this incident has been described as a "personal matter".
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I don't think she will be suspended, if reports are correct this incident has been described as a "personal matter".
Yes, what Chris did was bad and he has been punished for it, but what he did would not have resulted in people being killed or injured. This stupid woman was drunk behind a wheel, so if she had injured or killed someone would they still be saying its a "personal matter". |
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The facts are this though. She has been charged and will now go to court. She will either get a hefty fine or possible community service. I can't imagine them sending her to jail but if I was the judge I'd make an example of her and sentence her to seven days. I don't care who she is. Drink driving has resulted in the deaths of too many innocent people.
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Don't they know who she is?!
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Well what Chris Fountain did was in his own time, so this crap that Corrie are coming up with "personal matter" is bullS***.
Yes, what Chris did was bad and he has been punished for it, but what he did would not have resulted in people being killed or injured. This stupid woman was drunk behind a wheel, so if she had injured or killed someone would they still be saying its a "personal matter". Chris Fountain was treated unfairly, being forced to say sorry on air then axed, despite already being shamed and exposed for something he was involved in a good year or two since it came out. I do wonder what would become of a younger cast member if they carried out this offense with drink driving. |
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I can't bare Rita. The way her face sets so naturally into that witch like snarling wolf look so easily when she rants bitter venom at people in corrie makes me think she gives people that treatment in real life.
Still at her age, she must be mortified to be in the papers for this and wouldn't be surprised if she bows out before getting told off. |
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I don't think she will be suspended, if reports are correct this incident has been described as a "personal matter".
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BIB..I agree a colleague of mine was killed by a hit and run drink driver so if found guilty then I will have no sympathy for Barbara Knox at all.
I suspect even if shes found guilty shell return but she should at least be suspended in the meantime. Some of the cast wont be unannoyed by these double standards either. |
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The sky news ticker is saying she plays Rita Tanner in the soap.
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My bad!. Just realised she is still married to Dennis.
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Sack this clown and cancel her pension
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Hopefully she's suspended, drink driving is a serious offence, I wonder if they will be as strict with her as they were with Chris Fountain... She actually committed an offence, Chris did what lots of singers do and noone bats an eyelid, yet he was sacked.
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Hopefully she's suspended, drink driving is a serious offence, I wonder if they will be as strict with her as they were with Chris Fountain... She actually committed an offence, Chris did what lots of singers do and noone bats an eyelid, yet he was sacked.
Which is not to say that I don't think there should be some reprecussions if and when she is found/pleads guilty. |
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Was the EP Blackburn when Fountain got the boot or was that Collinson? Different EP's may have different ways of dealing with things.
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Barbara Knox ain't going anyway, she'll just wave her cheque book to the judge.
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Just sums up Corrie where they now protect coke heads and drink drivers all for the love of god because.......................................................Because it's a personal matter sigh!
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The sky news ticker is saying she plays Rita Tanner in the soap.
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Not the best timing for Corrie when they're currently filming Tina's exit.
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