Martin in the dock

Corrie's Martin Platt faces a life behind bars when he is arrested for the murder of Tommy Harris, the Daily Star reports.

11:13 27 January 2005

Corrie's Martin Platt faces a life behind bars when he is arrested for the murder of Tommy Harris, the Daily Star reports.

And girlfriend Katy Harris looks on while he is carted away by police - despite the fact that she was the one who killed her father for making her have an abortion.

When police find the blood-spattered body of Tommy, played by Thomas Craig, they are convinced that Martin is responsible.

Only days before the murder, the male nurse was heard threatening Tommy after he found out the mechanic was spreading rumours that he was sleeping with Sally Webster.

Combined with a history of bust-ups between the two men, this fact makes police convinced that Martin, played by Sean Wilson, is guilty.

But Katy, played by Lucy-Jo Hudson, is the one who actually bludgeons her mechanic dad to death with a heavy wrench.

And as Katy has made a pact with mum Angela that neither of them will tell the truth, they keep quiet - and hang Martin out to dry.

"Katy tells her mum that, although they may have washed their clothes and washed their hands, they will always be stained with murder," an insider told the newspaper.

"Her head is so mixed up and she is absolutely terrified. But she listens to her mumand watches as the man she still loves is carted away."