Coronation Street star Jacob Roberts has said his character DC Kit Green is likely to "take the law into his own hands" as he attempts to find Joel Deering's killer.
It was recently revealed on the soap that Joel (Calum Lill) had been grooming and abusing young girls over the years, including Lauren Bolton (Cait Fitton). Now that Joel has met his end, Kit is determined to find out who is responsible.
Speaking about what viewers can expect from detective Kit, the actor said: "Kit’s priority is to get down to the bottom of who killed Joel. He knows someone is lying, everyone is acting shifty on the street and there’s a few potential culprits.
"Kit usually likes to take the law into his own hands in order to get justice so I think we will see him do the investigation how he believes is right."
The actor said Kit is "glad Joel is dead" but is "equally gutted that he never got to bring him to justice and see him rot in jail".
This gives him the extra motivation to hunt down the culprit for Joel's murder.
"He’s put all of this work into Joel and for him to die at the end of it is a bit of a kick to the teeth for Kit, Swain and everyone else who has been involved in the case so now he’s got to put all of his time and energy into who killed Joel to try and make up for that," the soap star explained.
"Kit is a bit of a workaholic and he definitely won’t be nice to people about the case, especially people who lie to him."
When asked if Kit has any idea of who may have committed the murder, Roberts said: "I think he does know deep down, but there’s obviously complications in the way and various suspects who could be guilty.
"This week, Lisa, who is now off the case, puts it into Kit’s head that Mason could be the suspect because he had a crowbar, which makes Kit’s eyes light up.
"When he visits Mason, he finds him with a crowbar and Kit brings him in for questioning, but I think this is just the beginning…"
Roberts said of Kit and DS Lisa Swain's (Vicky Myers) working relationship: "I think Kit needs Swain and Swain needs Kit, they make a good combo, but at the same time, I don’t know if Kit can trust Swain because he plays a different ball to her.
"Swain is very by the book whereas as we’ve seen, Kit can turn a blind eye to things."
He added that the detective is pleased to be heading up the case when Lisa is taken off it.
"He is pleased to be heading up the case, but at the same time, Lisa is still in his ear quite a lot and coming into work which will ultimately annoy him," he said.
Coronation Street airs on Virgin Media One and ITV1 on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
