Coronation Street’s Joel Deering was left horrified after his vile baby plot backfired

during Friday’s episode and now fans think his time is almost up.

Coronation Street fans were left horrified by the latest twist involving Joel Deering

(Calum Lill) on Friday night, but they’re convinced his downfall is just around the corner.

Joel’s vile scheme to target expectant mum Lauren Bolton (Cait Fitton) involved drugging her with pills designed to induce early labour. In shocking scenes, Joel was hoping that Lauren’s unborn baby, for whom he is the biological father, wouldn’t survive.

However, his wicked plan backfired when Max Turner (Paddy Bever) came to Lauren’s rescue and rushed her to hospital, where her baby survived. With Lauren being around six months pregnant, she was terrified for her baby’s life as she suffered intense pains.

At the hospital, she was informed that her waters had broken and she was in premature labour, with the baby on its way. Lauren gave birth to her child who was immediately whisked away by doctors, leaving Lauren distraught by the events.

Lauren went into early labour after Joel drugged her

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She was completely unaware that malicious Joel had orchestrated everything to eliminate her baby, while keeping his crimes hidden from the residents of Weatherfield. Now, viewers believe he made several mistakes in the latest episode and could finally be unmasked, after his cruel scheme backfired, reports the Mirror.

Fans discovered last month that Lauren was still alive and in hiding after Joel assaulted her and left her for dead in February. Flashbacks revealed that Joel had been manipulating Lauren for months, pressuring her into a sexual relationship and bribing her with money and gifts to ensure her silence.

Joel’s heinous actions have left viewers of the show absolutely aghast as he violently assaulted Lauren when she tried to end their relationship, leaving her fighting for her life.

The plot thickened when it was revealed Lauren was pregnant with Joel’s child a fact that recently came to light, along with the chilling details of her ordeal.

Lauren resurfaced in Weatherfield pretending to be visiting a friend, however, Joel is actually the one who has given her shelter in an apartment. Although he told the teen he was helping her move to Ireland to avoid any suspicion, he drugged her instead and locked her in the flat to prevent her from seeking assistance.

The revelation that her baby had miraculously survived shocked Joel and now fans are anxiously hoping that Lauren will piece together the malevolent scheme after being confined by him. They have speculated that Max could be the person to uncover Joel’s connection to the flat where Lauren was tragically discovered.

Has Max figured out Joel’s secrets?

On social media platform X, one person commented: “How is Joel going to explain what Lauren was doing in his flat because there’s no way Max is going to keep his mouth shut about where he found her. With any luck Lauren’s baby will be ok and Joel will crap himself.”

Another said: “Haha now Joel knows Max knows where Lauren was staying!! it’s all fitting in to place that he’ll finally get caught!!!!!!!! yessss!!”

Someone else wrote: “Joel’s face finding out his evil plan’s been ruined by Max.”

“Max….. you need to join the dots now!! You’re playing a blinder so far…” quipped another

While one viewer commented: “Surely if Max gives the address over of where they found Lauren it should set alarm bells ringing for DeeDee.”