Emmerdale writer Sharon Marshall has opened up on why Meena Jutle's sickening storyline must finally come to an end.
She admitted that the scale of Meena's crimes means she realistically can't remain part of the soap.
Meena’s ongoing storyline has seen her kill off a number of residents over a long period of time which often left viewers fuming.
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However the end of the road seems in sight now that as Meena has finally been caught and is facing court this week in a plea hearing.
Speaking on ITV’s This Morning, resident queen of soaps, writer Sharon Marshall was asked by Phillip Schofield whether there was some ‘analysis’ at play when the team were planning Meena’s comeuppance.
The writer admitted that the reality of Meena's crimes means her storyline had to reach the end of the road at some point.
Sharon replied: ‘We do love the serial killers and go: “Is there a way to keep them in? Can people get away with it?”
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She went on to explain how the depth of Meena’s crimes wasn't going to be a valid option to keep the twisted psychopath in the soap.
She continued: “We said: ‘Is there a way legally she could go through this, if she pleads a certain way?’ The research team read out 25 counts of illegal activity that she’d done just on-screen that we knew about, probably more off-screen.
“She’d broken the law 25 times, so probably not.”
Meanwhile on the soap, Meena is due in court this week as the day of her plea hearing dawns, and show bosses have teased that she will plead guilty to her first charge and by the sounds of things her luck might have finally run out.
And it’s not looking good for her sister Manpreet who is set to suffer a panic attack as she realises she may have to testify in court.
This leads her to rush off in her car, before abandoning the vehicle and her phone and running off into the night leaving everyone, especially her partner Charles Anderson worried.
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