Roy Cropper facing life in prison as police find murder evidence in Coronation Street
Two suspects emerge during the search for Lauren Bolton.
LAUREN Bolton mysteriously vanished and the police become convinced she may have been murdered after new evidence.
Coronation Street favourite Roy Cropper is caught up and arrested by the authorities next week. But did he really kill Lauren?
Wayward teen Lauren Bolton (portrayed by Cait Fitton) is at the core of a new storyline after she was sacked from popular Weatherfield café Roy’s Rolls.
Lauren made the decision to leave the cobbles for a fresh start with the rest of her wages, which were hand-delivered to her by Roy (David Neilson) himself.
Shortly after, Lauren’s new love interest Bobby Crawford (Jack Carroll) walked into her abandoned flat and realised she had already gone.
Bobby’s concerns grew for Lauren and he eventually reported her missing to the local police.
Meanwhile, Roy has displayed suspicious behaviour as he was caught by Bobby cleaning Lauren’s flat, therefore wiping out any evidence that could have been used to figure out what happened to her.
But could Roy, one of Corrie’s most beloved and longest-standing characters, really have killed Lauren?
Coming up next week on ITV, Bobby suggests Sean Tully (Antony Cotton) should think about renting Lauren’s old flat.
However, when Sean says he saw what looked like blood on the curtains, Carla Connor (Alison King) and Bobby head straight for the police station and tell DS Swain.
This prompts her and Craig Tinker (Colson Smith) to let themselves into Lauren’s flat and survey the extent of the blood stains.
Later on, Bobby tells them about her relationship with Roy, how he gave her a job, found her somewhere to live and cleaned up the mess in the flat after she left.
Suspicions arise and DS Swain calls at the café to question Roy.
In other scenes, Daniel Osbourne (Rob Mallard) confides in his father Ken Barlow (William Roache) that he hasn’t slept a wink, fearing he’ll be banged up for a murder he didn’t commit.
Elsewhere, it becomes clear that Roy is getting trolled online and Carla is forced to show him the vile comments.
Max Turner (Paddy Bever), on the other hand, wants to do another appeal but Carla and Nina Lucas (Mollie Gallagher) warn Roy not to do the appeal as it’ll only invite further unwanted attention.
Suzi from the Gazette then arrives at the café hoping to record a fresh appeal.
But they’re interrupted by the arrival of DS Swain who tells Roy she’s arresting him on suspicion of the murder of Lauren Bolton.
Carla and Nina watch in horror as Roy is led away and the video of his arrest is posted online.
Faced with a multitude of hateful comments about Roy, Carla is left sickened by her friend’s predicament.
Roy is set for some harrowing court scenes alongside Carla, Nina and duty solicitor Joel Deering.
Will he be found innocent or guilty?
Could someone else, like Daniel Osbourne, be blamed for Lauren’s mysterious disappearance?
Prior to her vanishing, Lauren encountered her persistent ex-boyfriend who was proven to be dangerous as she’d been seen with bruises all over her arms.
Could the police figure out who the stranger is?
Has Lauren really been killed?
Coronation Street airs every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 8pm on ITV.
