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Old 05-06-2003, 12:04
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Domestic violence rears its ugly head when the knicker factory scam reaches its climax in Coronation Street - and pretty Karen McDonald is on the end of it.

Evil Joe Carter, played by Jonathan Wrather, is cock-a-hoop that his scheme to bleed Underworld white has brought Mike Baldwin (Johnny Briggs) to his knees. He and Karen (Suranne Jones) have convinced Mike that Naveen is responsible for a robbery that has crippled the firm. All they have to do now is sit tight and wait for the company to go under before they can start living the high life.

But at Joe's moment of triumph it all goes horribly wrong and the thug turns violent and beats up his live-in girlfriend Karen in a frenzied assault. Mike rumbles that a bogus company has been set up to syphon funds from Underworld's account and he confronts Karen who is forced to come clean. When Joe learns Karen has confessed all he turns on her delivering a vicious beating.

Mike could call the police, but is simply too embarrassed to admit he has been conned. Instead he orders Joe to clear off never to return to Weatherfield and sacks Karen.
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Old 07-06-2003, 10:43
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Awwwwwww!! Poor Karen!! Maybe piano teeth Tracy will get Karens job! She could always pack in her job at the bookies!
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Old 07-06-2003, 13:38
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Originally posted by Dreary
Awwwwwww!! Poor Karen!! Maybe piano teeth Tracy will get Karens job! She could always pack in her job at the bookies!

Is that the bookies that she's never at?
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Old 07-06-2003, 14:49
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Come on, why on earth would he refuse to goto the police? If he doesn't want the whole street knowing what happened, then they'll probably find out through Karren anf surely if he goes to the police, the insurance claim will come through as they can say that Joe switched the alarm off.
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Old 07-06-2003, 14:52
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Originally posted by M2A1G
Come on, why on earth would he refuse to goto the police? If he doesn't want the whole street knowing what happened, then they'll probably find out through Karren anf surely if he goes to the police, the insurance claim will come through as they can say that Joe switched the alarm off.
You are of course quite right. However, if he goes to the police Karen will also have to be arrested and probably sent to prison as well. I think that only Joe's character is leaving so they have difficulty with Karen if they are not going to write her out for a while.
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Old 07-06-2003, 14:59
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It has been said elsewhere on other threads that Karen is convicted and sent to jail for her part in the scam but I suppose we'll just have to wait to find out. Personally I'd like to see Karen go to the Bad Girls prison, the one where Alma Baldwin and Sable Colby are currently held up in their designer cell with gin and tonic (and ice) being smuggled in for them by the screws Fantastic stuff
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Old 07-06-2003, 14:59
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Yeah she isn't leaving, but I don't think theres much evidence to implicate her, because the company is Artrec, Joe has previous form and Rita saw Karren when the Robery was going on and Mike would just want to see Carter punished, so it would be Carters word against Karrens.
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Old 07-06-2003, 15:04
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Originally posted by M2A1G
Yeah she isn't leaving, but I don't think theres much evidence to implicate her, because the company is Artrec, Joe has previous form and Rita saw Karren when the Robery was going on and Mike would just want to see Carter punished, so it would be Carters word against Karrens.
I read that Karen confesses all to Mike. However thinking about it there probably isn't any physical evidence against Karen as the cheques were payable to Artrec. There is the question of her not noticing that they were short on stock but that could be argued by incompetence I suppose. It will obviously come down to what Mike wants to do, as Karen is guilty of offences punishable by prison and at a level where only prison would be an acceptable punishment to a Court. However, as I have posted before Coronation Street is notorious for its fictionalisation of how the legal system works.
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Old 07-06-2003, 15:09
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I think Karen would crack under pressure from the soap Police. Remember the hard time they gave Gail the vole when they thought she must have been involved in Richard Killman's business affairs. Anyway Captain Scarlet needed Karen to fulfil his ultimate plan, he couldn't have done it without her so she's equally responsible. No trial needed. Just put her in prison with the Bad Girls
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Old 07-06-2003, 15:15
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Originally posted by ric9380
I think Karen would crack under pressure from the soap Police. Remember the hard time they gave Gail the vole when they thought she must have been involved in Richard Killman's business affairs. Anyway Captain Scarlet needed Karen to fulfil his ultimate plan, he couldn't have done it without her so she's equally responsible. No trial needed. Just put her in prison with the Bad Girls
Her solicitor should advise her to give a "no comment" interview if Mike says he does not want her prosecuted. That way she will not supply the police with the evidence they need herself.

However that the reality. I like this bit - "No trial needed. Just put her in prison with the Bad Girls " I agree wholeheartedly and I will drive the van myself if it will get her off the Street faster.
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Old 07-06-2003, 15:27
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Originally posted by Bossyboots
I like this bit - "No trial needed. Just put her in prison with the Bad Girls " I agree wholeheartedly and I will drive the van myself if it will get her off the Street faster.
Hee hee



I'd love to see Karen mouthing off to Yvonne in the Bad girls prison. Imagine it
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Old 07-06-2003, 15:29
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Originally posted by ric9380


I'd love to see Karen mouthing off to Yvonne in the Bad girls prison. Imagine it
Oh yes!
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Old 07-06-2003, 16:57
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I just think it's wonderful that the only thing you need to do to be a master criminal is to set up a company that's an anagram of your own name! Even though Mike has questioned Artrec a few times, and even now he knows it's all a fraud, he's still not rumbled! Only Corrie...
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Old 07-06-2003, 17:06
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Originally posted by Large
Only Corrie...

Absolutely!!
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Old 07-06-2003, 18:35
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Good old Corrie!
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