Coronation Street has been slapped with official complaints over the climax of one of its storylines just as another comes under fire. Last week viewers of the ITV soap were horrified when Alya Nazir was stabbed in shocking scenes.
Teenager Blake was planning to attack Maria Connor as the councillor was holding a refugee drop in which was being held in Alya's restaurant, Speed Daal, which she runs with her gran, Yasmeen. It came after both Maria and Alya became the target of an extremist group led by eco-warrior Griff Reynolds and his racist gang who groomed troubled teen Max Turner.
And upon seeing the videos Max helped create for the terrifying gang, Blake decided to pull his own horrifying stunt, later saying as he was led away by the police that it was Max who inspired him.
