CORRIE YOB MUGS VERA; EXCLUSIVE.Byline: BRIAN ROBERTS For the CEO of Comcast, see . Brian Michael Roberts (born October 9, 1977 in Durham, North Carolina), nicknamed B-Rob, is a switch hitting second baseman who plays for the Baltimore Orioles in the MLB. CORONATION Street's Vera Duckworth Veronica "Vera" Duckworth (née Burton), played by Elizabeth Dawn, is a popular fictional character on the soap opera Coronation Street. Information will be mugged as the soap tackles the real life subject of rising street crime. Vera, 67, is out shopping with Frankie Baldwin Francesca "Frankie" Baldwin was a fictional character on the soap opera Coronation Street. She was portrayed by Debra Stephenson. Character Info Glamorous Frankie met her husband Danny when she worked as a babysitter for his son Jamie. (Debra Stevenson) when yobs try to snatch the younger woman's bag. Feisty Vera, played by Liz Dawn, tries to help her friend but is knocked over. She taken to hospital with a suspected broken leg. X-rays reveal a bad sprain sprain, stretching or wrenching of the ligaments and tendons of a joint, often with rupture of the tissues but without dislocation. Sprains occur most commonly at the ankle, knee, or wrist joints, causing pain, swelling, and difficulty in moving the involved joint. but Vera's emotional wounds are more severe. An insider said: "She will be left very upset and feel extremely vulnerable." Corrie bosses are so worried viewers could be traumatised by Vera's experience they may set up a helpline at the end of the show for crime victims. The source said: "A lot of viewers, especially the older ones, have grown up with Vera. No doubt they will be feeling upset." The episode, which goes out in November, shows Vera later struggling to walk with a heavily bandaged leg. The source said: "The police take a full statement from her and promise to keep her informed if they manage to catch the criminals who attacked her. "This helps Vera but it will be a long time before she recovers from the mental scars. "As with real life victims, she will show signs of post traumatic stress and feel threatened when she is in a busy place or when strangers approach her." The Street storyline comes after a survey of those in Vera's age group showed they feared being mugged more than anything else. And 40 per cent of people of all ages quizzed were worried about being robbed in the street. b.roberts@ mirror.co.uk CAPTION(S): SHOCK: Vera |
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