Karen Taylor’s exit revealed as she’s exposed for Albie’s kidnapping in EastEnders
One determined resident finally proves Karen was involved in Albie's kidnapping. How will Sharon react?
THE time has come for fan favourite Karen Taylor to bow out of Albert Square and move on to pastures new.
But the EastEnders character played by Lorraine Stanley leaves disgraced when her involvement in Albie’s kidnapping comes to light.
Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean) was a shell of herself when the police decided to rummage throughout Walford in an attempt to find baby Albie safe and sound.
Little did the businesswoman know then that her son’s days were far from numbered as he was in the hands of Malcolm – his paternal grand-uncle.
Malcolm was brought into the equation by Karen and her son Keanu Taylor (Danny Walters) who had been planning to drain Sharon’s finances dry as revenge over her plans to leave Albert Square and go to Abu Dhabi with Albie.
Karen and Keanu managed to bag a whopping amount of money Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) gave Sharon to retrieve Albie.
Unfortunately, while everybody else if none the wiser, Mitch Baker (Roger Griffiths) figures out what has been going on and Karen isn’t exactly the most discreet about her windfall.
All this leads to the launderette manager facing a lot of trouble next week on BBC One.
Coming up, Mitch is unimpressed by Karen splashing the cash in The Vic, and Phil gets suspicious.
Later, Mitch – goes to confront Keanu over the kidnap plot and involving Karen, but he’s unrepentant.
Rattled by his family’s behaviour, Mitch ends up in an accident when his van hits Harvey Monroe’s taxi.
Kat Slater (Jessie Wallace) demands Mitch pays for the damage, and Karen goes behind his back to settle the debt using the stolen Mitchell money.
Phil examines the notes Karen gave Kat and sees they are his marked bills, but she demands more proof.
After setting his younger sister Sam (Kim Medcalf) on the case, Phil gets the evidence he needs to prove Karen and Keanu staged Albie’s kidnap from the get-go.
In later scenes, Phil is on a mission to prove he’s right about Keanu and Karen, starting at The Arches.
Kat catches him searching the place and he shares his evidence.
She’s incredulous and suggests that if Karen’s got the money, it’ll be hidden closer to home.
Phil goes to No.23b but gets turned away by Felix Baker (Matthew James Morrison).
Later on, he sneakily sends Tommy Moon (Sonny Kendall) over and the youngster finds the money hidden under Karen’s bed.
Meanwhile, Sharon excitedly announces she and Keanu will hold their wedding reception at The Vic on Christmas Day, just before Phil bursts in to tell her that Karen and her beau staged Albie’s kidnap for money.
How will Karen and Keanu respond?
Could Karen be dragged to a prison cell for her actions?
Will Sharon call off her wedding?
EastEnders airs from Monday to Thursday at 7.30pm on BBC One.
