Phil Mitchell Caught in a Deadly Web! EastEnders Shocker: Second Murder Mystery Rocks Albert Square – Is He Next to Fall?
This article contains spoilers for tonight’s EastEnders which has not yet aired on TV but is available to watch now on BBC iPlayer.
Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) has become embroiled in another murder mystery in recent EastEnders scenes, after Martin Fowler (James Bye) begged for his help.
Phil is already caught up in the murder of Keanu Taylor (Danny Walters), after finding out the true version of events from Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean), and more recent scenes saw him approached about another situation.
Albert Square residents were left shocked this week when police arrived at Sonia Fowler (Natalie Cassidy) and Reiss Colwell’s (Jonny Freeman) engagement party and arrested them both for the murder of Reiss’ wife Debbie.
Viewers will know that Reiss smothered Debbie to death after falling behind on her care home fees, though Sonia is completely oblivious to this.
In tonight’s episode, both Sonia and Reiss were interrogated by police, and things weren’t looking great for the EastEnders stalwart.
Police were quick to mention that Sonia’s DNA was all over Debbie’s pillow, and though Sonia argued that she moved Debbie to make her more comfortable all the time, the police didn’t appear convinced.
Things got even worse for Sonia when the police revealed that witnesses had confirmed overhearing her stating that things would be easier if Debbie was dead.
Meanwhile, Martin paid Phil a visit in the hopes that he would be able to provide Sonia with a decent solicitor.
Earlier this week, Sonia reminded Phil of the promise he’d made to Jamie Mitchell to always look after her, and Martin further put pressure on Phil by reminding him of the time Sonia had saved son Ben Mitchell’s (Max Bowden) life after he was shot by Hunter Owen.
Sure enough, a new solicitor soon arrived to help Sonia out of her mess.
Across the station, it was good news for Reiss, who was told that he was free to go, as he had an alibi due to the fact that his phone records placed him at a bar late into the night of Debbie’s death.
Unfortunately, the same couldn’t be said for Sonia, who had no alibi. After a discussion with the CPS, the detective informed her that she was being charged with Debbie’s murder.
When Reiss found out that Sonia wasn’t free to go, he protested her innocence, but when given the opportunity to confess, he failed to take it.
Will Reiss ever come clean about what he did to save Sonia, or is she set to go down for a very long time?
