Roy Cropper turns killer as neighbour is left devastated by shock death in Coronation Street

EVELYN Plummer is never seen without her beloved greyhound, Cerberus.

Unfortunately, Roy Cropper makes a fatal mistake in Coronation Street, which leaves her heartbroken.

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Evelyn goes nowhere without her beloved greyhound Cerberus[/caption]

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But the pup falls ill next week[/caption]

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And it could jeopardise Evelyn’s friendship with Roy Cropper for good[/caption]

Roy’s bond with the sharp-tongued Weatherfield resident is in peril next week, particularly after he missed out on her birthday party.

Coming up on ITV, the Roy’s Rolls Café owner (played by David Neilson) apologises to Evelyn (Maureen Lipman) for his absence and tells her all about Carla Connor’s problems.

The pair have a chat in the café and, of course, Evelyn brought Cerberus along with her.

However, in later scenes, Evelyn is concerned when her faithful companion shows no interest in his tea.

Cerberus is still sick when a worried Tyrone Dobbs (Alan Halsall) recommends that his grandmother take him to see a vet.

The latter suggests Cerberus is suffering from food poisoning, prompting a guilty Roy to reveal he dropped an Eccles cake in the café and he fears Cerberus may have eaten it.

Angry and mortified for her pup, Evelyn tells Roy that if anything happens to Cerberus, she will never be able to forgive him.

In a devastating twist, Evelyn learns that Cerberus is actually suffering from kidney failure and his time has run out.

Furious after the death of her dog, Evelyn brands Roy’s café a death trap.

Crushed by the news and after losing Evelyn’s friendship, Roy tells his niece Nina Lucas (Mollie Gallagher) that his was all due to him being distracted by his phone.

Roy decides to revert to his technophobic ways and get rid of his phone, feeling that Cerberus may still be alive if he had never focused all his attention on it and dropped the cake as a result.

As viewers of the long-running program will remember, Nina gave her uncle a smartphone but experienced great difficulty in convincing him to get with the times.

He eventually came round to the idea when Nina almost drowned and Roy couldn’t be reached due to his aversion for modern technology.

Will Cerberus’ death change his mind once again for good?

Could Evelyn forgive Roy for his honest mistake?

Coronation Street airs every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 8pm on ITV.

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Roy became addicted to his mobile phone[/caption]

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He’d received it as a gift from his niece Nina[/caption]