Coronation Street ‘s Yasmeen Nazir (Shelley King) was finally exonerated on Monday’s heart-wrenching episode where jurors came to a verdict on her attempted murder trial against Geoff Metcalfe.
Yasmeen’s abusive marriage with Geoff (Ian Bartholomew) has been one of the ITV soap’s biggest storylines in recent years, and it culminated in Yasmeen stabbing Geoff in the neck with a broken bottle in May this year.
Evil Geoff had been abusing Yasmeen physically, sexually, emotionally and financially for months with few Corrie residents noticing a thing.
And when Yasmeen was arrested and charged with trying to kill Geoff, who survived with some nasty scars, even some of her friends did not know what to believe.
But Yasmeen, who took a lot of convincing to even stop blaming herself for everything, finally saw justice in Monday’s emotional episode as part of Corrie’s 60th anniversary celebrations.
Geoff was caught out in the trial by CCTV footage of him visiting Elaine Jones in the mental health ward, deliberating obscuring his face, proving he harassed her into withdrawing her testimony.
As the juror read out the not guilty verdict on a video call, Geoff’s smug expression was finally wiped off his face.
“You’re soft in the head the lot of you!” he spat, as Yasmeen’s lawyer Imran Habeeb and her granddaughter Alya burst into tears of relief.
“This whole thing is a farce!” added Geoff as he stormed out, while Yasmeen, who had collapsed into her chair silently, was told she was free to go.
But after Geoff aggressively confronts Yasmeen outside the court, trying to get her to come home with him, a downhearted Yasmeen tells Imran she believes Geoff will always haunt her and never let her go, before lodging a complaint against him to the police.
Geoff then hurriedly tried to book a one-way trip to Cyprus with his girlfriend Christine.
One fan tweeted: “Yes #Yasmeen, so glad that she got to be released! I’m gripped on @itvcorrie already #Corrie”.
Another gushed: “Yes #Yasmeen! Gwann #Imran! Now to get that man out of your house. #Corrie”.
“Yes she’s going home woohooo in your face Geoff you lost yasmeen won so happy for her #Corrie#coronationstreet,” added a third.
A fourth penned: “I’M CRYING MY EYES OUT “MRS METCALFE YOU ARE FREE TO GO” #Corrie”.
And it is not all plain sailing from here, as shocking spoilers have revealed a furious Geoff will brutally attack Alya next week before leaving her for dead.
The next day after the trial, the fallout of the verdict ensues and leads Geoff and Alya to go head to head once again.
Geoff ends up attacking Alya at Speed Daal before making his way to Yasmeen’s home and setting it alight.
Alya later follows Geoff to the house and a dramatic rooftop showdown ensues.
* Coronation Street’s 60th anniversary week airs this week on ITV
Originally from https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/breaking-corries-yasmeen-found-not-23129473