Amy gets herself arrested (Picture: ITV)
Amy Barlow (Elle Mulvaney) is set to find herself in trouble with police as she sets out to join an anti-spiking protest in upcoming Coronation Street scenes.
As she busies herself making placards for the march, Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson) pulls Amy’s best friend Summer Spellman (Harriet Bibby) aside and expresses his concerns about his daughter.
He reveals that he wishes she would put the same amount of focus into her degree as she has been the march.
Later, Amy and Summer are joined by Evelyn and Cassie Plummer (Maureen Lipman and Claire Sweeney) and the four of them head off to the march.
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On the way, they are faced with disparaging comments from bully Mason (Luca Toolan), and it isn’t long before Amy sees red.
As she goes to hit him with her placard, a police officer steps in, though Amy refuses to tow the line.
‘I think she’s just very triggered,’ actress Elle Mulvaney revealed. ‘She’s seeing the same thing happen again, where a boy is being misogynistic and the police are getting involved yet they’re just telling her off. So that gets her back up immediately because in Amy’s mind, she hasn’t done anything wrong.
Amy is ready for the march (Picture: ITV)
‘In Amy’s mind she believes that she was going to a march peacefully, some idiot boy has tried to stop her and now she’s getting the blame.
‘So whilst obviously all of us can recognize that Amy’s actions are wrong, she shouldn’t lash out in that way, Amy can only see red because she’s seeing a police officer fail to help her again.
‘The same thing is happening again, it’s almost like she has been triggered once by the conversation with Kate and then she’s getting triggered again by the police. This is just building up all of her emotions until eventually she implodes.’
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Summer is horrified when Amy ignores the officer’s instructions to put the placard down, and is further shocked when Amy picks up a can of paint and sprays the police car.
With Amy having lashed out, the police have no choice but to arrest her for criminal damage, though Amy doesn’t seem to care.
‘She’s in too much of an emotional state to care, normally Amy would be worried to be in trouble with the police, but because in her head she’s on this spiral she can’t even stop to see that what she’s done is wrong.
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‘It’s really difficult to try and reason with her and that’s what Summer is coming up against. Summer’s trying to talk to her because she recognizes that there is a downward spiral going on but it’s very difficult to get through to Amy because in her head she’s in the right, she hasn’t done anything wrong and she’s willing to stand up for what she believes.’
As Amy continues to spiral, will her friends and family be able to rally round and help her through?
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Amy lashes out.