Coronation Street spoilers follow.
Coronation Street star Rob Mallard has discussed his character Daniel Osbourne’s latest involvement in the Lauren Bolton ‘death’ storyline.
Daniel is one of the police’s main suspects in the case, which is being treated as a murder by the authorities.
Although upcoming episodes see wrongly-accused Roy Cropper get charged with the crime, police attention soon shifts back to Daniel.
This comes after Bobby Crawford tries to save Roy by offering a new statement about an intruder that he supposedly saw in Lauren’s flat. Bobby’s statement unwittingly puts Daniel in the frame, setting off a new chain of events.
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Speaking about the new developments, Rob explained: “Daniel’s head is all over the place. He does seem to lurch from one tragic event to another. I think he has this complex about saving people so he’s naturally drawn to situations where he can have the chance to be a bit of a hero.
“He didn’t realise he was under suspicion at all. He just thinks it’s because he tutored Lauren. Daniel is very naive about the whole thing, because he does care about his job and takes it very seriously.
“He takes teaching the kids seriously, he naively didn’t understand that when that evidence would be stacked up, it does look like he had given a lot away for free and most people with a cynical mind would think that there was something that was going on.”
Asked about DS Swain wanting to question Daniel again, Rob replied: “Wrongly accused once again! I think he’s very confused because he tries his best to be a good person. I think he is just genuinely confused as to why he keeps ending up in the cross hairs of these situations.
