CORONATION Street fans have called out a huge Leanne Battersby blunder.
On recent episodes of the long-running ITV soap, viewers saw the character seek revenge against her sister and husband.
Leanne Jane Danson, was left heartbroken when her sister Toyah (Georgia Taylor) and husband Nick (Ben Price) get together.
She attempted to frame her sibling for fraud by setting up a bank account and claiming that she was stealing money from the family restaurant, The Bistro.
She found out that the pair were planning to travel to Tenerife for a holiday together and turned to desperate measures to put a stop to it.
On Coronation Street, Leanne then attempted to start a fire in Nick’s flat by putting their passports in the toaster.
However, fans have claimed writers are once again forgetting about the legacy of characters.
They claimed that Leanne would never intentionally commit arson because her fiance Kal Nazir (Jimi Mistry) was killed in a fire after he proposed to her in 2015.
On social media fan forum site Reddit, one user created a thread titled, ‘Leanne and Kal.’
The post read: “Am I the only one who thinks it’s bizarre that nobody mentioned Kal Nazir in Friday’s episode?
“Leanne should surely know better than to be starting fires, bearing in mind that Leanne’s fiancé was killed in a fire?
“And of course that fire was started by Leanne’s new best friend Tracy.”
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Fans couldn’t help but agree as they responded in droves, with one writing: “Kal in general feels totally forgotten, which is bizarre given that he was not only Leanne’s fiancé but also Alya’s father and Yasmeen’s SON.”
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“I was thinking the same thing. Character time lines/previous life events rarely seem to be mentioned or referenced,” commented a third.
Coronation Street continues on ITV1 and is available to stream on ITVX.