, Maxine was allowed to get on to a second bus which took her straight back to Chester. But her return home took nightmarish proportions when she was followed by a hooded man who brutally assaulted her. Maxine managed to get away but not without a fight and she returned home in shock. She eventually decided to take the bull by the horns and report her attacker to the police. Hollyoaks viewers were heartbroken for the character as she had to undergo the difficult process of giving evidence and recalled the events of the night. Thankfully for her, Maxine could count on her friend and copper Zoe Anderson's (Garcia Brown) support. "I'm lucky he didn't rape me", she said, adding: "I'm lucky I got away." "When he was pulling me by the hair, I thought 'this is it, I'm going to die.'" But much like any other victim of such an assault, a distraught Maxine blamed herself. She began to go over every decision she coul){kind=link}
E4 viewers were left in disbelief following tonight’s episode of the Channel 4 soap.
This week, as teased by spoilers, Hollyoaks tackles violence against women with a devastating storyline involving Maxine Minniver.
The character portrayed by Nikki Sanderson was out in Liverpool with Verity Hutchinson and Theresa McQueen as they tried to get away from a mystery spiker in Chester.
While there, the girls ventured into a nightclub with their own hip flask, trying their best to avoid being taken advantage of.
Unfortunately, Maxine was caught red-handed with the flask and immediately kicked out of the club – unbeknownst to her friends.