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EastEnders: Bernie is Linda’s blackmailer and fans are disappointed: ‘Convinced it would be Shirley’

As it turned out, Bernie Taylor is Linda Carter's blackmailer in EastEnders... but soap fans were underwhelmed, hoping it would be Shirley!

But some soap fans were left feeling miffed the identity of the person behind the poison pen letters sent to Linda wasn’t another Walford fave. Bernie, it seems, has joined forces with evil Dean Wicks after he got in her ear about the true circumstances surrounding Keanu’s murder. On social media, however, there were viewers expressing frustration with the storyline development, with some hoping it would be Shirley Carter popping up as Dean’s new ally!

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