Coronation Street fans horrified as Ken Barlow is punched to the ground by Peter in violent attack

28th January 2021

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CORONATION Street’s Ken Barlow was beaten to the floor tonight – leaving fans horrified.

The veteran character, who is 81, was trying to stop his son Peter from drinking himself to death – but he reacted by punching him in the face.

Ken Barlow was sent flying onto the floor of a pub in Coronation Street

The character is shown looking up from the carpet with a bloody nose

Caring Ken has been trying to stop bars and pubs from serving the wayward Barlow booze.

So when he found him drinking he first appealed to the barman – then attempted to wrestle the glass from Peter’s hand.

The drunkard slurred: “I can do what I want. Did you not get the memo?”

Ken raged: “You don’t give a damn about yourself – I understand that. But please, give a thought for Simon. He’s just lost his young brother.”

Ken finds alcoholic Peter knocking back lagers in a pub by himself

He fumed: ‘Give a thought for Simon – he’s just lost his young brother’

Ken then enraged his son by pouring his drink into the bar’s drip tray

But Peter replied: “Boring. It’s boring… give me my drink back.”

Determined Ken even managed to pour the contents of the glass away, but got a smack in the face for his troubles.

Viewers at home were stunned as the show’s longest-serving character was sprawled on the floor with blood pouring from his nose.

One gasped: “So shocked when I saw this, poor Ken! What a rat Peter is!”

Peter was branded a ‘rat’ by viewers after battering poor Ken

One fan wrote sarcastically: “Excellent tactic from Peter there. Punching your 81 Yr old dad will get you all the sympathy points.”

Others reckoned the Corrie veteran should have put up more of a fight before hitting the deck.

Referring to tonight’s UFC bout, one joked: “Ken went down as quick as Connor McGregor then.”