ITV Coronation Street's Laura confirms final scenes amid twist as she gushes over on-screen daughter

Fans were left gobsmacked by the end of the latest episode of Coronation Street as Laura Neelan was seen being escorted away in handcuffs. Daughter Kelly Neelan watched on in horror as her dying mother sobbed while being put in the back of a police car, telling her: "I'm so sorry love, I had to do it for your sake. I am so sorry."

An officer revealed Laura was being arrested on suspicion of murdering her estranged husband Rick - Kelly's dad - when she had not long discovered it was Gary Windass who killed him

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Earlier in the episode, Laura confronted Gary, who she has been living with for the past couple of weeks, after her private investigator told her that the police believe Rick' is dead and that they think Gary killed him as he was the last person to see him.

Arriving home after failing to access the site where Rick's body is buried and is about to be turned into Weatherfield County's new training centre, Gary faced Laura and ended up revealing the truth, telling her he killed Rick in self-defence after the former loan shark tried to kill him before threatening his then-girlfriend Sarah Platt and her children.

Gary knew his time was up and that Laura was going to go to the police as she wanted Rick's money to be released in order to set Kelly up for a future without her.

The reformed bad boy asked Laura for time to speak to his wife, Maria, and he headed off out their flat door in tears. However, when the couple headed home alongside Kelly to tell her the truth, they saw the police car outside and Laura being brought out in handcuffs.

Next week, Corrie fans will see Laura doing everything she can to convince the