Coronation Street’s Lydia Chambers created even more havoc in ex-boyfriend Adam Barlow’s life on Friday’s instalment of the soap, as she set him up to the police.
But soap fans were quick to notice an apparent hole in her scheme as police officers took the ‘bunny boiler's’ (Rebecca Ryan) statement at her flat.
She has had it in for lawyer Adam (Sam Robertson) since first arriving on the cobbles, with fans learning she had mounted a stealth campaign to ruin his marriage with Sarah (Tina O'Brien).
Lydia has harassed Adam with repeated mystery phone calls, vandalism to his car and a Valentine’s Day bouquet of flowers with an ominous message attached - all to seek revenge for the way he treated her when they dated at university.
The drama has escalated this week on the soap, as Lydia again landed Adam in trouble with the police after she previously provoked a police raid at his office.
As Adam called in the factory and did his best to convince Sarah that Lydia’s an evil fantasist, Sarah then demanded Lydia give her specific dates and times of her supposed rendezvous with Adam.
When Sarah then suggests the whole affair is a lie, Lydia shows her threatening texts and makes out they’re from Adam.
When Sarah points out they’re from a different number, Lydia tells her to call it and see for herself.
Sarah’s then left in shock when she dials the number and finds a phone ringing in Adam’s drawer.
But a number of soap fans took issue with this plot development, pointing out that Adam wouldn't have likely left a phone “lying around in the flat.”
Taking to Twitter, one wrote: “But in that case why isn't Sarah asking herself why Adam doesn't have the phone on him?” as another tweeted: “How can Adam be messaging Lydia off a phone that's in the flat he's been kicked out of?”
Another said: “Yeah, he'd just keep that burner phone lying around in the flat.”
A fellow social media user posted: “If that phone is supposed to contain messages sent since Sarah ‘found out’ about Lydia and Adam - how did Lydia get that into the flat? She hasn’t been round since has she??”
In later scenes, Adam took matters into his own hands and went to Lydia’s in desperation, only for her to briefly barricade him from the flat as he heard ominous noises while in the hallway.
When she did open the door and let Adam in, he was horrified to see she'd trashed her house in another elaborate bid to set him up.
As he pulled out his phone to call the police, Lydia told him it was too late and that they were already there.
However, fans were quick to point out that any nearby CCTV cameras would see that Adam had been lingering in the corridor as the flat was smashed up, as opposed to threatening Lydia like she claimed.
Taking to Twitter, one wrote: “CCTV? Of him outside THE WHOLE TIME,” as another posted: “I'm guessing there has to be CCTV near her flat? They'll surely see him casually standing there ffs”, alongside eye roll emojis.
Another tweeted: “You know half of these "crimes" in soaps, would all be solved in 0.5 seconds, if police ACTUALLY did their job and checked the "crime scene" for CCTV and fingerprints, etc…”
A fellow social media user posted: “The police officer was directly behind Adam when Lydia opened the door, she must know he wasn't in the flat!”
