Coronation Street‘s Eileen Grimshaw is left terrified next week as she worries that she could be going to prison for murder.

The worrying possibility is revealed as Kit Green informs Eileen that her painkillers were found in Julie Carp’s system after she died. With the Grimshaw matriarch set to leave the cobbles, is she doomed to spend the rest of her life behind bars?

Still grieving for her late sister, Eileen makes a despondent visit to The Rovers with her partner George Shuttleworth.

However, Eileen’s upset soon turns into sheer panic when Kit turns up at the pub and reveals shocking news about her sibling’s autopsy…

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“Eileen is shaken to the core,” reveals our Weatherfield insider. “Julie’s death is still so raw, and a suggestion from Todd that she ended her own life is still unbearably painful for Eileen to come to terms with.

“So, you can only imagine her devastation when Kit reveals what has been found in her sister’s blood…”

Horrified, Eileen quickly realises that Julie’s post mortem is likely to set alarm bells ringing in Weatherfield police station. And having been one of the last people to see her sister alive, the switch board operator is certain that fingers will be pointed at her.

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“It’s all too much for Eileen,” our source continues. “If the police suspect that something fishy has gone down, she knows that she will likely be the prime suspect.

“And say that awful situation was to unfold, how can Eileen possibly prove that she wasn’t responsible? She was the one who found Julie after she passed away by the lake. It might be the worst-case scenario, but certainly one that isn’t too far-fetched…”

While Corrie bosses are keeping quiet about whether Eileen will be hauled in for questioning, they’re leaving no doubt about the emotional impact of the tragic turn of events.

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In a private moment with George, the mum-of-two explains that she is struggling to grieve because of the stress that she could be put away for a crime she never committed.

As Eileen stews over her future, will the Weatherfield police come knocking at her door? And if so, will Eileen bid farewell to the Street while in handcuffs?