In the ever-turbulent world of Walford, the scales of justice have once again been tipped by personal vendettas and the ruthless preservation of family. The latest developments in EastEnders have left viewers reeling as a high-stakes game of cat-and-mouse over a missing mobile phone concludes with a shocking act of destruction, potentially sealing the fate of one of Albert Square’s most polarizing newcomers.

The drama centers on Jasmine Fischer, whose claims of killing Anthony Truman in self-defense rested entirely on a video recording stored on her missing phone. While Jasmine languishes in police custody, the search for the device turned the Queen Vic into a battlefield of accusations. Zoe Slater, recently exonerated and freed from prison, found herself at odds with her mother, Cat, who has been desperately trying to bridge the gap between her two daughters. However, the true whereabouts of the device remained a mystery to the Slaters—until a tense confrontation revealed the culprit.

Max Branning, a man whose history is defined by secrets, was finally unmasked as the one holding the incriminating evidence. In a private showdown, it became clear that Max had viewed the footage and was left “trying to process” the chilling contents. The moral dilemma was stark: the video could support Jasmine’s claim of self-defense, but it also confirmed the “poisonous” nature of a young woman who had already manipulated Max’s son, Oscar, and terrorized the neighborhood.

The situation took a dark turn when Gina Knight intervened. Driven by her own traumatic history with Jasmine—reminding Max of the time Jasmine pushed her down the stairs and left her for dead—Gina’s demand for justice was fueled by survival rather than law. In a move that defines the gritty, uncompromising nature of the Square, Gina revealed that she took matters into her own hands to ensure Jasmine would never “walk away.”

In a climactic exchange, Gina admitted to Max that she had disposed of the phone down a storm drain, effectively drowning Jasmine’s only hope of legal salvation. “Anyway, it’s gone,” she stated with chilling finality, leaving Max stunned and Jasmine’s future in tatters. The destruction of this evidence means that Jasmine now faces the grim reality of a murder charge without the “self-defense” footage that could have mitigated her sentence.

As the phone floats away into the London sewers, the ripples of this betrayal are set to devastate the Slater and Branning families. Zoe remains caught between her relief at being free and the haunting knowledge that her daughter may spend the next fifteen years behind bars. Meanwhile, the arrival of Jasmine’s brother, Josh, at the prison gates suggests that while the physical evidence may be gone, the ghosts of the past are far from finished with Walford. In this corner of the East End, justice isn’t found in a courtroom; it is decided in the shadows of the pub and the cold reality of the gutter.