Overview

• ITV teasers indicate that police have identified Vinny’s attacker as a figure wanted over an extortion case.
• Vinny Dingle paid £10,000 under duress and had his and Gabby’s wedding rings stolen after the violent confrontation at his home.
• The assault triggered traumatic flashbacks to the abuse Vinny endured in childhood, leaving him emotionally overwhelmed.
• He has concealed the incident from his fiancée Gabby Thomas and is torn between reporting the crime and risking his friend Kammy being suspected.
• At least one viewer has filed an Ofcom complaint over the programme’s depiction of violence in its early-evening timeslot.