Coronation Street are reportedly bringing back Nathan Curtis in a shock new storyline. Bethany Platt’s evil groomer is said to be returning – but is he connected to missing Lauren Bolton?

Nathan got Bethany to fall in love with him in Coronation Street back in 2017. He plied her with booze and drugs and then forced her to have sex with his friends.

She escaped as he was trying to take her abroad to sell her to sex-trafficking ring.

Nathan to return to Coronation Street?

According to The Sun, Corrie’s sickest ever villain is now on his way back, despite being jailed for his crimes seven years ago.

“Nathan’s easily the worst villain Corrie’s ever produced,” an insider told the publication.

“The grooming storyline was one of the soap’s most important. The hope is that revisiting it will boost the show. It’s a risk but it’s one that producers hope will pay off.”

Fans are already expressing their opinions on the potential storyline – and they’re not all impressed.

“To save the show they need to bring back fun legacy characters (Rosie or Sophie Webster or Jason etc) not constantly bringing back a cycle of creepy criminals – Harvey, to Damon to the return of evil Nathan nooo thank you,” said one.

Another added: “I think things can’t get any worse. They can’t write any nastier [bleep] than what’s being churned out but nope there’s this…he’s gonna be Lauren’s secret fella then? Ffs.”

“If this all amounts to Nathan as a groomer coming back to just be a groomer again – and this time an off-screen one – it feels more like shock value. I mean, really, even attempting to compare this to the harrowing, realistic situations Bethany’s showed is laughable. It feels like massive sensationalism of a previously brilliantly done story,” said one more.