Regarding slapgate ... there is another possibility here ... if we accept that what kirsty says is true, that KP was in a 'psychotic state' and that she gave her a sleeping pill in an attempt to calm her down then its entirely possible that KP had a reaction to a bad batch of Coke or coke & alcohol and that the reality is that Carol tried to restrain her from attacking him, hurting herself or even tried to take the alcohol/drugs off her, she fell & hit her face on something then legged it .... in her addled state she may have accused him of attacking and hitting her ... her family etc would have believed her ... i have known this happen to family members of clients, they were charged with DV but charges later dropped.
Don't get me wrong here, I think Carol is controlling & a bully ... but, this could be what happened ... either way they are absolutely toxic together.
I remember her years ago on loose women saying she had stopped drinking for Keiran because she was a different person when drunk ... and again when she was with Boyson ... Andre said the same about her, tried to stop her going out on benders ... due to the Pandemic her drink & drug use that accompanies it has been at home during relationship with Carol.
She isn't a dependant drinker... she is a binge drinker... seems to think that means she 'isn't a big drinker' because it's not every day... you have a well documented drink problem Pwicey, a few weeks sober then huge binges has always been your pattern, as well as the Coke alongside it ... when you get going you drink & snort more than those around you ... you aren't kidding anyone... only maybe yourself .... MH problems arent what drives you to do it either ... you think you can control it at the start of a binge, but you can't...