The Coronation Street storyline based on a real-life murder

The plot is drawn from the killing of Sophie Lancaster in 2007, who was murdered for being a goth. …

The killing of a 20-year-old woman who was murdered for being a goth is to form the basis of a new Coronation Street storyline.

Two teenage boys were jailed for life for the murder of Sophie Lancaster in 2007.

Her mother Sylvia, who helped to develop the storyline, said her daughter’s legacy “carried on growing.”