Coronation Street star Ciarán Griffiths could be returning as bad boy Damon Hay.

The actor bowed out as Damon earlier this year following multiple stints as Sarah Barlow’s

ex-boyfriend, with the character being sent to prison for six years alongside brother Harvey Gaskell.

According to The Sun, Ciarán was recently spotted on Coronation Street‘s Manchester set and could be filming new prison scenes for Damon. The sighting is particularly unexpected since Ciarán Griffiths lives in Australia with his wife and son.

A spokesperson for Coronation Street declined to comment on a possible return for Damon when contacted by Digital Spy.

The soap aired dramatic scenes this past spring to write out Damon when he was arrested for armed robbery in front of Sarah and her young son Harry.

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Damon had been blackmailed into taking part in the robbery with his half-brother Harvey’s criminal gang, yet he took the fall when the heist went off the rails.

Once he was imprisoned, Harvey had Damon summoned to his cell with an offer to put the past behind them once and for all if he’d agree to help him run the prison underworld.

As mentioned, Ciarán has commuted from Australia to Manchester to film his previous stints. Last year, he hinted he’d be interested in a soap role closer to home in Neighbours.

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“If it meant I could have regular work near my family, then absolutely,” he told Inside Soap magazine.

“Melbourne is a great city. I’d want to play something completely different to anything I’ve done before, so maybe some old washed-up, Meth-head surfer. I’d get to be out in the sun!”