Geoff Metcalfe's coercive control storyline looks set to get worse, according to Coronation Street's boss.
Geoff has gradually been taking control of more aspects of wife Yasmeen's life, this week seeing him take her bank cards to try to keep her indoors.
Corrie's Iain MacLeod has explained that Geoff's pattern of behaviour is one that often doesn't end until it's "too late", and that the victim usually becomes completely "imprisoned".
"The imprisonment is sometimes more literal, with the abuser controlling their partner's access to money, when they leave the house and who they see – even what and when they eat," he told Radio Times.
"We will be exploring all these aspects of this complex and important social issue in coming episodes, as Geoff's strangle-hold on Yasmeen tightens."
He added: "Controlling behaviour is a spectrum and I really hope that, at the less insidious end, the storyline will have a positive effect on viewers' attitudes to their loved-ones.
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"And at the more serious end, where Geoff is headed, I hope it will give people at home who are in abusive relationships the courage and insight to get out before it's too late.
"On the evidence of the letters I have already been receiving, I truly believe this will be the case."
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