EastEnders’ Lee Carter ARRESTED for Queen Vic robbery in front of devastated wife Whitney
The former soldier's actions have come back to haunt him as police arrested him for his part in the vicious robbery
LEE Carter has been arrested over the robbery at the Queen Vic in EastEnders.
The debt-ridden former soldier - who is played by actor Danny-Boy Hatchard - was arrested by police for his part in the vicious robbery that left his family petrified, on Christmas Day in front of his shocked wife Whitney.
"Don't tell dad," he begged as he was put into the police car and driven away while Whitney looked on devastated.
Last week, Lee opened up about his money worries to his dad on the roof of the Queen Vic, bit the bullet and told his dad the secret he had been hiding for months.
"It ain't a flash city job, alright," he said. "I work in a call centre dad, and I hate every minute of it."
But instead of being shocked about the reveal, Mick took it in his stride and did his best to make Lee feel better.
"You could be flipping burgers for all I care, all that matters is that you're a good husband to Whit. How do you think I got where I am? Do you think I did that without ballsing things up?
"I mean, be honest, secrets just eat up at you, they eat away at you, you gotta deal with things together in a relationship."
"I'll get Christmas out of the way and then I'll tell her everything," said Lee.
But as Lee stole a Christmas present from his neighbour in order to buy more goodies for his family, his secrets won't easily be told.
One thing Lee has kept quiet is his part of the raid on the pub that saw his family terrified for baby Ollie's safety.
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His plot, which involved work bully Oz and his gang donning balaclavas in order to steal the pub's takings, didn't even work out well for him as the gang refused to hand over his share.
He sobbed as the gang walked away, leaving him with nothing.
While the Carters were in the dark about who was behind the robbery, viewers were not and they were not happy with him, calling him a "cockroach".
- EastEnders airs Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday nights on BBC One
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