Have Mick and Linda Carter split up in EastEnders and why has she got close to Stuart Highway?
Her closeness to Stuart caused a rift with sister Shirley but does she have an ulterior motive?
LINDA Carter has publicly turned her back on her husband Mick Carter in EastEnders after becoming convinced that he actually did shoot Stuart Highway.
But will the pair split up and does she REALLY believe the love of her life is capable of almost murdering someone? - here's the lowdown...
Does Linda believe Mick shot Stuart?
Linda Carter has been adamant that her childhood sweetheart and husband Mick was innocent of the crime he’s been locked up for.
But as more and more evidence has built up a case against Mick, her resolve has started to waver, leading her to question if he really is innocent.
During a chat with her friend Sharon Mitchell, Linda was seen to confirm that she wasn’t sure if Mick had pulled the trigger.
Sensing something was wrong, Sharon said: “Whatever it is, you can tell me. Don’t you think I’ve covered for Phil enough times?”
Linda went on the tell Sharon that she’d taken the gun and thrown it in the canal to ‘protect Mick.’
“Surely you wouldn’t have chucked the gun if part of you didn’t think he was guilty?” Sharon asked.
“Well, maybe, at the time, part of me…” Linda replied.
“So what about now?” asked Sharon as Linda stared forlornly into the distance.
This came after legal eagle Ritchie Scott revealed Mick had been segregated in the Big House after attacking another inmate.
She said: “They’ve got motive, DNA, gunshot residue and a suspect that can’t control his anger.”
They had more bad news when a witness came forward and said he sold a gun to a man matching Mick’s description.
Will Mick and Linda split up?
As well as all the evidence piled up against Danny Dyer’s character, Linda’s also had to watch a horrible video of Mick kissing another blonde woman who visited him.
Viewers know that while she snogged him, the mystery blonde passed drugs into Mick’s mouth which Fraser than demanded he use to frame his cellmate, Bob.
But Linda doesn’t know this and - after Ritchie’s words – just sees the facts, her husband kissed another woman. And not for the first time – we all remember what happened with Whitney Dean.
Danny Dyer is due to leave the soap for an extended period in the New Year while he takes to the stage for six weeks. Could this be because Linda dumps him?
She was also on the phone to a solicitor to enquire about getting a divorce.
Why has Linda Carter got close to Stuart Highway in EastEnders?
EastEnders fans were shocked when it seemed that Linda had turned her back on Mick.
She told Stuart that she believed him over her own husband.
When Shirley found out she was furious and kicked her out of the Queen Vic.
But it's all part of an elaborate ploy to get Stuart to confess to framing Mick.