There was a deadly twist on EastEnders on Christmas Day, as the second episode of the night saw Cindy Beale left for dead - but is she leaving the BBC soap? Her fate remains up in the air as a brutal attack saw her lifeless on the ground in the closing moments of the latest episode. Cindy had more than one enemy, and several comments foreshadowed a grisly fate for her throughout the night. Cindy's affair with Junior Knight had just been rumbled via an audio clip, played out to the whole pub.