Coronation Street fans are “convinced” who Lauren Bolton’s mystery boyfriend is.

Only recently, Roy Cropper has found himself arrested, charged and the number one suspect for the supposed murder of missing teenager Lauren. Soap fans will recall that troubled youngster Lauren abruptly left the cobbles earlier this year and her friend Bobby has been left concerned after he found her flat unlocked with Lauren nowhere to be seen.

Viewers never saw Lauren leave and it seems she told no one close to her of her plan to leave Weatherfield aside from Roy. Bobby reported Lauren as missing to the police and Roy has found himself under suspicion due to his kind nature, especially after he was caught innocently cleaning Lauren’s flat, which some people thought proved he was guilty and internet sleuths have since made his life a misery with a barrage of online abuse.

On Monday night, Roy had a flashback of Lauren approaching the café counter with Max Turner but couldn’t figure out what was significant about their conversation. However, before he could get to the bottom of it, Roy collapsed in his prison cell and was rushed to hospital as all the stress of recent weeks caught up with him.

During Wednesday’s episode, Mary visited Roy in hospital as he admitted he was struggling to remember a conversation he overheard between Lauren and Max. After giving him advice on how to remember, Roy started writing things down of significance to which he suddenly remembered the interaction, where Max grilled Lauren about her mystery boyfriend and she kept holding onto an expensive gold necklace.

On Friday’s episode, Roy called solicitor Dee-Dee Bailey, where he told her about his flashback, saying that Lauren had a very distinctive necklace on and it was bought for her by her boyfriend. Roy said: “If we could trace where it came from and who bought it, that would lead to the boyfriend…”, adding he was feeling hopeful about the lead.