Coronation Street Gary Windass attack 'solved' as fans 'rumble' what really happened

Gary Windass' shocking Coronation Street storyline is finally explained next week according to new spoilers.

But some fans think they have already worked out what really happened to the character, and who attacked him. We found out last week that missing Gary has been in a coma in hospital.

Someone has been using his phone to pretend he's okay, when actually he's the person Nina Lucas and Summer Spellman saw and "left for dead" when they were high on LSD. Nina has been worried ever since about who she potentially hurt, not knowing it was Gary.

Nina said she'd shoved a man fearing she was in danger, when said man lunged at her. The camera then panned to Gary in a coma when Nina was heard saying she needed to know who he was.

Gary is in a bad way, and whoever attacked him is going to great lengths to cover up their crime. Spoilers revealed the mystery person, thought to be a woman, has given hospital staff a fake name for Gary, while claiming to be his next of kin so the police do not inform his real family.

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But ahead of the truth coming out and Gary's fate being revealed, some fans think they have cracked the case. A few different names have been put forward as the potential culprit.

With Nina so worried about what's happened and clearly not knowing it's Gary, she can't be the one hiding the crime. But could Summer know more than she's letting on?

Other names fans are suspecting include Brody Michaelis and his mother Lou, after her run-in with him recently. Gary also had a run-in with Brody's father Mick who's in prison - but has Mick orchestrated the attack?

Taking to social media, one fan theorised: "A Kit/Brody cover up," as another said: "It’s either Brody or a drugged-up Summer." A third posted: "Summer has his phone I will bet."

As for Lou or Brody, or even Mick, one fan said: "Lou is texting Maria. I’d say Lou and/or Brody brought Gary to the hospital themselves and told the nurses they were related." A further comment suggested: "I don’t think it’s Brody.

"I don’t think he’s clever enough for that. Maybe someone from the prison who is on Mick’s side and is watching Lou and knows something. I dunno. I feel it’s an adult though." One fan replied: "I hadn't thought about Mick - good point. He was annoyed she'd been hanging out with him."

A fan then said: "Though the only one that can get into Gary's phone is Lou, she remembers his code." While another fan commented: "Well... I'm wondering if the Summer/Nina thinking they battered someone is just a red herring and it was actually Debbie.

"When she was really upset and got behind the wheel." Nina and Summer could be to blame though according to some fans, with one comment reading: "I guess if she took him by surprise with a shove and he fell and hit his head in the wrong place it wouldn't really take much."

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