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SOAP fans have started a Save Our Sonia campaign to free the EastEnders favourite from jail.

Sonia, who is played by Natalie Cassidy, is behind bars after her arrest for a murder she didn’t commit.

EastEnders fans are furious beloved character Sonia Fowler has been arrested on suspicion of murder
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EastEnders fans are furious beloved character Sonia Fowler has been arrested on suspicion of murderCredit: BBC
Viewers are dismayed Sonia is the suspect when her fiance Reiss Colwell is the real killer
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Viewers are dismayed Sonia is the suspect when her fiance Reiss Colwell is the real killerCredit: BBC

And viewers are furious she could take the rap for her fiance Reiss Colwell smothering his ex-wife.

They are urging BBC bosses to free Sonia, with the tags SaveOurSonia and FreeTheWalfordOne trending on social media.

Patrick Quinn implored: “BBC EastEnders, please please please can we start a Free the Walford One campaign immediately,”

Matthew Chapman said: “I can’t believe this. I feel like getting the ‘free the fowler one’ placards out!”

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A third added: “How am I supposed to work knowing Sonia’s been wrongfully charged for murder.”

The blockbuster storyline echoes the 1998 campaign to Free the Weatherfield One after Corrie character Deirdre Rachid was locked up for fraud.

Then PM Tony Blair even got involved, insisting the fictional miscarriage of justice be probed.

Deirdre was freed after evidence she was innocent emerged.

EastEnders' Sonia Fowler gets bombshell from the police - but fans are distracted by her solicitor
The storyline echoes the famous Coronation Street plot which saw a petition launched to save Deidre
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The storyline echoes the famous Coronation Street plot which saw a petition launched to save DeidreCredit: Handout
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