EastEnders spoiler alert: Ronnie Branning to be jailed for baby swap plot

By John Mcdonnell


Ronnie Branning is to hand herself in to police after being filled with guilt for kidnapping baby Tommy


Ronnie Branning is to be sent to prison for her callous kidnapping of toddler Tommy Moon in the latest twist in EastEnders' controversial baby swap storyline.

The troubled character, played by Samantha Womack, is to hand herself in to police, filled with guilt over her actions.

But, it turns out, Kat and Alfie will not be completely rid of Ronnie after being reunited with baby Tommy - as she comes back to haunt them.


A show source told the Daily Mirror: 'Ronnie gets out on bail on the day of Tommy's christening, and is in Albert Square as celebrations kick off.'

It was reported in January that Womack, 38, was planning to quit following the controversial storyline and this could provide the perfect way out of the show. Her contract is up in May.

The baby swap plot started on New Year's Eve when Ronnie exchanged her newborn son James, who'd died of cot death, for Kat and Alfie's newborn.

But more than 6,000 enraged people complained that the storyline was sick so BBC bosses had to cut the plot short and do a U-turn.

After bumping into the midwife who delivered her baby, the enormity of what she has done finally hits Ronnie.

She takes baby Tommy and drives to the Queen Vic - where he is reunited with his parents.

The police are then called and baby Tommy is taken to the hospital to be checked over.

Meanwhile, former Albert Square star Natalie Cassidy, 27, has revealed that she cried over the cot death story.

Talking in The People, she said: 'The cot death storyline has been heartbreaking.

The way you see Ronnie cradling that baby, I almost felt that I was holding it myself. Jessie Wallace and Samantha Womack have both been immense.

'It was harrowing stuff and I did cry when I was watching it.'

However, she defended the plot, saying: 'I can see where people are coming from when they say Ronnie stealing the baby was a step too far. But that's where the soap element comes in.

'EastEnders is a dramatic programme, which has been pushing the boundaries for years.'



Source:dailymail