As fans of the ITV soap know, the unhinged newcomer has taken a unreciprocated shine to the cafe worker

Coronation Street fans were seen sharing the same comment after Bernie Winter once again escaped her latest dangerous sitiation with Mal Roper.

As fans of the ITV soap know, the unhinged newcomer has taken a unreciprocated shine to the cafe worker, and has recently been seen making her life a misery. But last month, when he was thought to have been attacked, his terrifying behaviour towards her appeared to be over.

However, it wasn’t long until DC Kit Green was handed a new case, and discovered the man who had been attacked was Mal, and that he was in a serious condition. While Kit tried to figure out what to do, he was beaten to it by a colleague and police officers soon arrived at Roy’s and arrested Bernie in front of her shocked husband, Dev Alhan, suspecting she was responsible for the attack.

But Kit confessed to his girlfriend Sarah Platt that he was the one who confronted Mal. “I didn’t kick him or hit him or anything like that. I grabbed him, gave him a shove and warned him off,” he explained. “He’s had a heart attack – he would have had one anyway. I thought it’d blow over but Bernie doesn’t have an alibi.”

In recent weeks, Kit has been having to hid his involvement, with Mal waking up and since claiming it was Bernie’s husband, Dev Alahan, who attacked him. In a horrifying twist, during Thursday’s (March 26) Corrie, Bernie was seen visitng Mal in his hotel room, after he forced her to come to the Chariot Square Hotel and sleep with him so he will drop the charges against Dev.

As she knocked on Mal’s door, Ryan Connor looked on, concerned. Once inside Mal’ room, she downed some wine, deliberately ate a cheese and onion sandwich to bide her time and try and put Mal off the idea of being intimate with her. She also made it clear that she was only there to protect her family, but Mal admitted his belief that one day she will reciprocate his ‘romantic’ feelings.

However, things soon escalated, with Mal’s temper rising as he accused Bernie of dragging things out, and when she mentioned that he was still grieving the loss of his marriage, he hit out, accusing her of “patronising” him and even of “stringing me along from the get go”.

He started to insult her and as his behaviour become more erratic, Bernie picked up a corkscrew and held it between her fingers, ready to defend herself, just as Ryan Connor burst into the room and held Mal back, telling Bernie to call the police. She bargained with Mal to get the charges dropped against Dev, to which he agreed, before leaving in tears.

And it was Ryan who got Corrie fans talking, as they shared their relief that he was their to help Bernie. @kirstyjane3006 said: “My skin is still crawling… poor poor Bernie. Thank goodness for Ryan.” @sjlawson84 commented: “Ryan Connor saving the day! So glad he was there for Bernie; he’s such a star.”

@elaine.rivett wrote: “Thank god Ryan came to the rescue.” @frankhamjoanne8 replied: “Love Ryan rescuing Bernie.” @ginny_836 shared: “Ryan to the rescue, you’re a lifesaver for stepping in when you did, that could’ve been a disaster!” @sfletch_78 posted: “Love that Ryan saved the day!” @xcodi_spencer added: “Thank god Ryan was there to save Bernie!! mal is evil!”