Coronation Street star on Kit's response to death news

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Coronation Street spoilers follow.

Coronation Street actor Jacob Roberts has revealed how his character Kit Green will react to the news that Joel Deering is dead.

The villain disappeared a few weeks back, and in upcoming scenes, his body will be found. It will quickly turn into a murder investigation, with Ronnie and Ed Bailey, Max Turner and Lauren Bolton set to face suspicion.

It's the first time Kit gets to properly play detective, and Roberts teased that his character won't do things by the book.

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"Kit's priority is to get down to the bottom of who killed Joel," he said. "He knows someone is lying, everyone is acting shifty on the street and there's a few potential culprits...

"Kit likes to justify his bad behaviour to get what he wants, and if he can get the culprit at the end of it, I think he'll turn a blind eye to how he gets the end result."

He added that the copper doesn't have any real friends on the Cobbles, even though he's friendly to people and will go for a pint with them. That means he won't have qualms about investigating them if he thinks they're guilty.

There's another aspect to Kit wanting to find the truth as well, as Roberts stated: "In a way, Kit is glad Joel is dead, but he's equally gutted that he never got to bring him to justice and see him rot in jail.

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"Kit wants to see someone through the justice system. 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.

"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."

Mason Radcliffe will be Kit's first suspect, as Swain tells him something that "makes Kit's eyes light up", but this will just be the beginning of his investigation...

Coronation Street airs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 8pm on ITV1 and streams on ITVX.

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