Yasmeen Nazir (Shelley King) is about to face a court room and finally have the opportunity to speak out about her abuse at the hands of Geoff Metcalfe (Ian Bartholomew) in Coronation Street.
But, accused of trying to kill her husband, her fate rests in the balance and she faces years in prison – will justice be done?
Yasmeen’s a bag of nerves as the trial begins and the barristers deliver their opening statements. Geoff takes the witness box and paints Yasmeen as a violent alcoholic. Yasmeen listens, outraged by his lies.
Tim (Joe Duttine) visits Elaine (Paula Wilcox) in hospital and apologises for ever disbelieving that she was his mum. However when Tim asks her to give evidence at the trial, how will she react?
Elaine confides in Tim that she’s convinced Geoff has been spying on her in the hospital. Geoff plays to the jury, telling them how Yasmeen lunged at him with the broken bottle in a vicious and nasty attack.
Tim implores Elaine to reconsider as she’s Yasmeen’s only real hope. Imran (Charlie de Melo) cross examines Geoff who is forced to admit that his first wife may not be dead after all and Elaine might well be Tim’s mother.
In the witness box Imran questions Yasmeen, painting Geoff as a nasty, controlling bully. He shows the court the phone footage of Geoff’s abusive behaviour. Geoff starts to look uneasy.
Yasmeen describes to the court how she’s been the victim of domestic abuse and talks them through the fateful evening when she attacked Geoff. The prosecution barrister tears into Yasmeen, taking apart her version of events piece by piece.
Alya takes the witness box and endures a grilling from the prosecution barrister. Sally takes the witness box but the prosecution is quick to point out that Sally’s evidence is based purely on hearsay.
With things starting to look bleak for Yasmeen, she tells Alya that it’s in the hands of the jury now.
Can Geoff’s evil be overcome?
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