ITV Coronation Street Joel Deering’s downfall ‘sealed’ after ‘telling’ clue

Coronation Street viewers are convinced that Joel Deering’s downfall has been ‘sealed’ after several ‘telling’ clues on Wednesday.

Only recently, Joel was revealed to be Lauren Bolton’s killer in a huge twist last week. Roy Cropper had initially been wrongly arrested, charged and the number one suspect for the supposed murder of missing teenager Lauren. However, last week, DS Lisa Swain and newcomer Kit thought they had cracked the case as they arrested abuser Nathan Curtis, who previously made Bethany Platt’s life a living misery and was recently released from prison.

As they interrogated Nathan in the prison cell with Joel acting as his solicitor, a graphic flashback played as it looked like it was Nathan but later in the episode it was revealed in a shock twist that Joel was in fact Lauren’s killer. So far, Joel has managed to escape justice and the cobbles’ residents are oblivious to his evil ways.

However, on Wednesday’s episode, the ITV soap dropped a few ‘telling’ clues which could lead to his downfall. First of all, Nathan, who Joel was representing, decided to sack him as his solicitor as he refused to plead guilty. Nathan insisted he was innocent and accused Joel of not listening to him, revealing he had found another solicitor, who had already looked into his case and listened to him. This left Joel feeling threatened. Could Nathan be suspicious of Joel?

Later in the episode, Joel’s partner Dee-Dee Bailey met his parents. However, Joel’s vile parents made their disapproval of her clear and after yet another rude remark, Dee-Dee stood up to them and stormed out. Joel rushed after Dee-Dee and apologised for his mother’s behaviour, where he decided to suddenly drop to one knee and propose. However, Dee-Dee gently turned down his proposal as it was too soon.

In a bad mood, Joel then found himself confronted by Ellie, who fans had feared may have suffered the same fate as Lauren. Ellie demanded more money off Joel who warned: “I told you I didn’t want to see you again!” Ellie asked for £300 to which Joel told her to “go and earn it” before threatening: “Don’t contact me again, out!” Could Ellie of recorded their conversation and use it to bring the villain down?

Meanwhile, later in the episode, Joel decided to offer Sarah Platt legal advice off record after she found herself caught up in the Nathan drama after plotting to frame him but she never actually went through with it. After telling daughter Bethany of Joel’s help, the journalist was left suspicious as she questioned why the solicitor was helping her. Later, in the pub, Joel revealed that Dee-Dee had changed her mind and they were engaged as the couple put on a loved-up display.

Sarah was left delighted for the duo but Bethany wasn’t impressed as she admitted she had ‘spider senses’ about Joel as the episode ended with her looking at him suspiciously. Will Bethany uncover the truth and is she in danger?

Taking to Twitter, now X, viewers said of Ellie: “Don’t tell him ya gonna blackmail him, Ellie, he’ll kill ya #corrie”, a different account put: “My guess is she’ll try and blackmail Joel. #Corrie #CoronationStreet”, another wrote: “#corrie she must know he murdered Lauren at this point, why is she still meeting with him?” while a different account added: “Oh dear our dear friend Joel is being blackmailed…”

Elsewhere, soap watchers said of Bethany: “Go on, Bethany, trust your gut. Bring the creep down. #Corrie”, a different account put: “Bethany sees Joel. She knows. Clever girl. #Corrie” while another added: “Ooh Bethany is onto Joel she’ll be bringing him down #Corrie.”