Coronation Street: Paul passes away in emotional scenes
Coronation Street aired tragic scenes for Paul Foreman on Monday (September 9) as he died without his husband by his side. But fans of the ITV soap were left "furious" with Kit Green.
Paul (played by Peter Ash) had been battling Motor Neurone Disease for nearly 18 months when his health took a sudden turn for the worse. His final moments unfolded when a hungover Billy Mayhew (Daniel Brocklebank) panicked after realising he had lost his phone the night before.
Billy was determined to find his mobile as it held cherished memories with his beloved husband Paul.
With Summer Spellman (Harriet Bibby) and Paul's mother Bernie Winter (Jane Hazlegrove) taking over his husband’s care, Billy set off to retrace his steps.
He and a similarly exhausted David (Jack P. Shepherd) returned to the hotel together, eventually locating his damaged phone and heading to a shop for a replacement.
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Meanwhile, back at the flat, Paul was struggling to breathe. When Bernie recognised that Paul could die that day, her younger son Kit Green (Jacob Roberts) hurriedly left to find Billy, as they had no means of reaching him.
Summer called an ambulance, but it took 15 minutes to arrive. During the agonising wait, Paul managed to whisper Billy's name, yearning to see his husband.
Bernie pleaded with trainee paramedic Asha Alahan (Tanisha Gorey) and her colleague to keep Paul alive for as long as possible while he was transported to the hospital.
Kit eventually found Billy in a car park but they couldn't drive away as there was mounting traffic thanks to a broken-down vehicle.
Billy then raced on foot to the hospital. He eventually stopped to speak to Paul over the phone, but he had already taken his last breath in a heartbreaking scene.
As Billy missed Paul's dying moments, Corrie fans were left wondering why copper Kit didn't use his police status to get Billy to the hospital in time to say goodbye.
Taking to X, one person asked: “Why didn't Kit get a police mate to take Billy and put the blues n 2s on? #Corrie.”
A second echoed: “Catching up on #Corrie thought Kit woulda phoned some police friends and got Billy to hospital on the blues and twos.”
A third chimed in: “If I was Kit I would have sorted Billy a squad car to the hospital. #Corrie.”
“Could Kit not have called Craig in to get Billy to the hospital in the back of a police car? Let's face it he's a dodgy cop and done worse?! #Corrie”, added another.
Coronation Street airs Monday, Wednesday and Friday on ITV1 and ITVx
