Hollyoaks spoilers: GUILTY? Liam Donovan suspected of shooting Mercedes

Did Liam Donovan shoot Mercedes McQueen

The heat is on Liam Donovan as the police search for suspects who may have shot Mercedes McQueen. Did Liam really shoot his ex-lover?

Liam Donovan (Jude Monk McGowan) finds himself being questioned by the police in tonight’s episode of Hollyoaks on at 6.30pm (See our TV Guide for full listings).

Liam, who viewers have seen enjoy a passionate affair with Mercedes for the past five months, was horrified when he find out he’d been betrayed yet again by the headstrong McQueen. But was he the one to pull the trigger and take aim at Mercedes in the The Loft?

Liam and Mercedes in Hollyoaks

Liam and Mercedes enjoyed a secret affair

As the cops swoop in and begin their questioning, Liam tells the police he was ‘out and about’ at the time of the shooting which happened at close range in the club.

Meanwhile Mercedes husband Sylver McQueen (David Tag) is also a suspect, as is Grace Black (Tamara Wall). Can the pair of them explain their whereabouts at the time of the shooting?

Did Joel Dexter shoot Mercedes

Did a vengeful Joel shoot Mercedes?

And what about vicar, Joel Dexter (Rory Douglas Speed) who has a decidedly dodgy past? He also had a motive for killing Mercedes after he found her confession and was subsequently brutally beaten up and his life threatened.

Goldie McQueen

Goldie starts to doubt her man, Joel

Goldie is sure her man wouldn’t have been the one to pull the trigger but she starts to have serious doubts when Joel starts acting shiftily and gets his alibis mixed up!

Jonny Baxter and Stuart Sumner

Jonny and Stuart have tormented the Maalik family

Elsewhere, far right activists Stuart Sumner (Chris Simmons) and Jonny Baxter (Ray Quinn) are showing that they have very little respect for Ste Hay (Kieron Richardson) when he tries to help around the house. Leela Lomax (Kirsty Leigh Porter) storms into the kitchen and warns them that everyone is keeping a very close eye on them while Ste manages to throw a secret note over the fence to the Maalik’s. What does it say?

sami maalik and sinead o connor

Sami is engaged to Sinead

Plus Sami Maalik is continuing with preparations for his wedding to Sinead (Stephanie Davis) but is his enthusiasm starting to dwindle?

Hollyoaks is shown weekdays on C4 at 6.30pm with the next episode following on E4

Tess Lamacraft
Senior Writer for What's On TV, TV Times, TV & Satellite week, Whattowatch.com

Tess is a senior writer for What’s On TV, TV Times, TV & Satellite and WhattoWatch.com She's been writing about TV for over 25 years and worked on some of the UK’s biggest and best-selling publications including the Daily Mirror where she was assistant editor on the weekend TV magazine, The Look, and Closer magazine where she was TV editor. She has freelanced for a whole range of websites and publications including We Love TV, The Sun’s TV Mag, Woman, Woman’s Own, Fabulous, Good Living, Prima and Woman and Home.