Kwiintsuku ezintathu kuphela emva kokuphoswa kwisitalato i-Coronation, umdlali weqonga ngenxa yokudlala umzukulwana kaGail McIntyre, uBethany Platt, ukhutshiwe kwisepha ye-ITV emva kokuvela kwamabango okuba uxoke malunga nobudala bakhe ukuze afumane le nxalenye.
NgoLwesihlanu, i-ITV ibhengeze ukuba umlingisi oneminyaka eyi-19 ubudala uKatie Redford wayeza kudlala umlinganiswa oneminyaka eli-14 ubudala xa ebuyela kwi-Weatherfield kule ntwasahlobo. Nangona kunjalo ngeempelaveki abalandeli bafumene ubungqina obubonisa ukuba uRedford wayemdala kune-19, kuquka iCV edweliswe ukuzalwa kwakhe njenge-2nd ka-Matshi 1989. Oku kuya kwenza uRedford, osanda kufika kwi-TV, iminyaka eyi-25 - 11 ubudala kunomlingiswa oye waba nguye. uphoswe ukudlala, kwaye umdala ngeminyaka emithandathu kuneminyaka yakhe yokuphicothwa. Isithethi somdlali weqonga kamva saqinisekisa ukuba uvavanywe 'njengomntwana oneminyaka eli-19 ubudala'.
I-ITV izolo ikhuphe isitatimende esichaza ukuba 'iphanda' kwaye namhlanje iqinisekisiwe ukuba uKatie Redford ulahliwe: 'Isitalato saseCoronation sithathe isigqibo sokubuyisela indima kaBethany Platt.'
Indawo kaRedford ayikabhengezwa, nangona kuqondwa ukuba abavelisi sele benomntu engqondweni wale ndima.
Ababukeli bagqibela ukumbona uBethany Platt kwimitya kwiminyaka esibhozo eyadlulayo xa umama wakhe, uSarah-Louise Platt, wafudukela eMilan. Umlingisikazi uTina O'Brien uza kuphinda adlale umama wakhe, olandela inkani eBethany ebuyela eBritane emva kokuba ebalekile.
NgoLwesihlanu, i-ITV ithembise ukuba u-Bethany okwishumi elivisayo uza 'kuzaliswa bububi': 'I-Bethany ingamandla endalo engalindelekanga aya kuzisa ulonwabo kunye nesiphithiphithi ngokulinganayo, ajike amakhaya abo.
'Ubomi busandul' ukufumana umdla ngakumbi kwiiPlatts kunye nabani na owela indlela yaseBethany.'