As Sarah rushes out of Bethany’s birthday meal , 4 Coronation Street clues that she could be true Theo murder culprit

Sarah couldn't stand to be around all of the Theo talk
Tamzin Meyer

In tonight’s episode of Coronation Street (Thursday, June 4), Sarah Platt left Bethany’s birthday meal when the topic of conversation turned to Theo.

After accidentally forgetting her daughter’s birthday, Sarah urged Nick to hold a last minute celebration at the bistro.

But, as she left the gathering as soon as it had started, could Sarah be the true Theo murder culprit?

Bethany's birthday bistro meal in Coronation Street
Bethany’s birthday meal took a bad turn (Credit: ITV)

Bethany Platt’s birthday meal in Coronation Street

Today in Weatherfield, Bethany took a trip to the salon to get her hair done by Maria for her birthday.

She then said that she didn’t have much planned, and her own mum had forgotten that it was her special day and was mortified when Gail’s card arrived in the post.

Gary was very protective of Sarah and asked her family to cut her some slack as she’d just suffered a head injury.

At the birthday meal that Nick had arranged lats minute, the family sat down to celebrate as Bethany unwrapped Sarah’s last minute present. She seemed more chuffed with Jodie’s though.

When Jodie brought up the topic of Theo’s murder though, Sarah suddenly ‘felt sick’ and left to go home.

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When she got home, Kit then told her all about the discovery of Todd’s phone that they’d found in the skip at the builder’s yard. Sarah tried to defend Gary’s innocence, but Kit believed that he’d killed Theo.

But, why did Sarah rush off from the meal at the mention of Theo’s murder? Did she kill him? Here are X ‘clues’ that point to her as the culprit.

Coronation Street's Sarah shocked
Sarah left the meal rather abruptly – but, why? (Credit: ITV)

Sarah murdered Theo ‘clues’

1. Sharing a secret with Gary

Sarah is obviously sharing a secret with Gary. We’re not sure what it is yet, but it’s something to do with Theo’s murder night.

Maria’s noticed that Gary’s been hiding something from her recently, and fans have feared that Sarah and Gary could be having an affair.

Jodie recently overheard Sarah talking to Gary on the phone and promising to ‘always be there’ for him. But, what if Sarah went to Gary for advice on how to cover up a murder? What if they bumped Theo off together? We all know Gary’s a pro in that department.

2. Acting suspicious every time a new suspect comes to light

It hasn’t gone amiss that every time the police create a new top suspect, Sarah gets worried. She starts asking questions and even tries to defend them. She’s done this with George, Summer and Gary.

It’s almost like she knows they’re innocent. Almost as though she knows who really did the crime…

3. Behaviour change at work

Sarah used to be the ‘nice boss’ at Underworld, but ever since Theo’s murder night, she’s started having a go at the staff for just about anything and everything. She even did so on the anniversary of poor Craig’s death.

Carla’s definitely picked up on the change and urged Sarah to take some time off. But, is Sarah simply paranoid after her attack? Or, is she struggling with guilt after bumping Theo off?

4. Leaving the meal at the mention of Theo

Tonight’s scenes were another key ‘clue’ that Sarah could’ve killed abusive Theo.

Somebody who felt so guilty about forgetting her own daughter’s birthday and wanted to make up for it with a meal wouldn’t so easily get up and leave it.

She’s hiding something about that night. And, Jodie knew exactly what she was doing by bringing that topic up today. But, did Sarah kill Theo? Will any more ‘clues’ be revealed?

What else happened in Coronation Street tonight?

Social services were called

The Barlows agreed that action needed to be taken to help Daniel.

Daniel then received a call from social services and burst into the pub accusing anybody he could find of being the person to snitch on him. But, who was really behind it?

Hope ditched Sam for Will

Fiz invited Sam over to do some revision with Hope as he'd mentioned not hanging out with her as much.

Sam ditched Bethany's birthday meal and headed over to the Dobbs' house but Hope told Fiz that she was going to the cinema with Will instead.

Roy then warned Sam that Fiz could now see just how dangerous Will was, just like him.

Brody was arrested

Brody was arrested by DS Connor-Swain, with his fingerprints being found all over Todd's phone.

Sally then accompanied Brody to the police interview room, with Brody admitting that he was babysitting his sisters on the night of Theo's death. He'd briefly popped out onto the Street to grab a kebab for his drunk sister. Chesney would be able to confirm.

The teen didn't really seem to bothered about becoming the latest Theo murder case suspect.

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