Coronation Street Joel’s downfall ‘confirmed’ as one vital clue threatens to expose villain

Coronation Street villain Joel Deering could find himself exposed thanks to one vital clue.

Viewers will recall that Lauren Bolton made a shock comeback last week as Cait Fitton reprised her role. Weeks on from a brutal attack by Joel Deering, which Weatherfield residents still don’t know about, Lauren, who was believed to be dead, was revealed to be alive as she headed to the hospital to visit Roy Cropper after he suffered a heart attack weeks on from him being wrongly imprisoned for Lauren’s ‘murder’.

And things only got more explosive when Joel confronted Lauren at the hospital, forcing her into a family room and pleading with her not to reveal what happened. As violent and evil Joel went to lash out again, Lauren protected her stomach revealing she was five months pregnant with his baby in a huge bombshell before fleeing the hospital.

On Friday night, after Joel, his fiancée Dee-Dee Bailey and Bethany Platt tracked down Lauren on Wednesday, a desperate Joel made plans for Lauren. After paying for a hotel for Lauren to stay in, Joel soon had bad news. Joel revealed that his ex-wife Emily wanted half of his money in the divorce and her lawyers were making him submit bank statements for the last 12 months. Joel pointed out he couldn’t have anything dodgy on record and took Lauren to a flat, saying she could stay at his mate’s empty property until arranging travel to Ireland for her.

However, with Joel having to submit bank statements, one transaction could provide problems for the dodgy solicitor. Soap fans will recall that earlier this year, Dee-Dee was left confused to find a jewellers receipt fall from Joel’s wallet as it was dated December and Joel had clearly spent a lot of money. Joel found Dee-Dee, Adam Barlow and Alya Nazir discussing the receipt, where he claimed he had bought himself some cufflinks.

However, it was soon revealed that the jewellers receipt was in fact an expensive necklace he bought for Lauren, which Roy remembered her wearing in a flashback when she was missing and Hope Stape discovered while cleaning Joel’s car. Could the necklace transaction prove problems for Joel?