Coronation Street spoilers follow.
Coronation Street has revealed a first look at Roy Cropper in a police cell amid the ongoing Lauren Bolton storyline.
Following Lauren’s recent disappearance, Roy has been on the receiving end of backlash as public suspicion suggests that he may have murdered the teen.
Things will take a turn for the worse next week when a woman called Alice visits the café, pretending to be Lauren’s mum. When she begins filming Roy and publicly confronting him, Roy tries to stop her — with Alice falling and hitting her head.
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In scenes set to air on Friday, April 12, DS Swain takes Roy in for questioning about the incident.
Roy and Dee Dee are shocked when the police officer begins to delve into Roy’s history, before revealing that she believes he is responsible for Lauren’s disappearance.
Dee Dee later returns to Roy’s Rolls to break the devastating news that Roy has been charged with Lauren’s murder and is in custody. Back at the station, a terrified Roy sits in a police cell awaiting his dreaded court hearing.
Can Weatherfield’s residents uncover what really happened to Lauren, and exonerate Roy?
Speaking about the storyline, Roy actor David Neilson said: “Roy is innocent in every respect, he is innocent of the crime, but he is also an innocent soul. He never thought for one minute it would come to this.
“He truly felt that if he simply answered everything honestly it would all be okay and he was naive to assume that being innocent meant that he would be seen to be innocent.”
