EastEnders spoilers: George Knight floored as he is hit with a horrific racist murder revelation
George Knight (Colin Salmon) was left horrified by a horrific revelation in recent EastEnders scenes, which changed everything he thought he knew about his family.
The past few weeks have been confusing for George, who recently discovered that his adoption came after a process called child farming, which saw his birth parents pay his adoptive parents to take care of him.
After being informed of this, George learnt that his mother, Gloria Knight (Elizabeth Counsell) had actually lied to him about his heritage growing up.
When George and Gloria were finally able to discuss her lies, George assumed that he had finally been told the full truth about his past.
However, it soon became clear that Gloria and Eddie Knight (Christopher Fairbank) were still hiding something massive.
In more recent scenes, Eddie returned to the Queen Vic to tell George all about an award he had won for championing diversity in boxing. Thrilled by his dad’s success, George agreed to attend a party to celebrate.
At the party, George was shocked to receive a hero’s welcome, and further touched when Eddie made a heartfelt speech about how proud he was of his son.
During a quieter moment later in the evening, George confided in Elaine Peacock (Harriet Thorpe) that he had always tried to make his dad proud, but wasn’t sure he’d ever managed it.
He confessed that, following his dad’s actions and words over the past few days, he realised that he truly did care.
Unfortunately, things would soon take a shocking turn for George, as he realised that Eddie was using him in the most awful way.
George was left confused when Eddie’s friend Gerald let slip that the jury would love him, and his confusion soon turned to horror as Gerald explained what he’d meant.
It turned out that Eddie was set to face trial for a racially motivated murder, and wanted George to stand up in court as his character witness.
With George having finally seen through Eddie’s manipulation tactics, how will he react?