Coronation Street's Amy Barlow is set to be involved in a horrifying spiking storyline.
Teenager Amy, played by Elle Mulvaney, will become a victim of spiking in a devastating storyline that will be see her rushed to hospital, with her parents Tracy Barlow (Kate Ford) and Steve McDonald (Simon Gregson) left desperately worried about her.
In scenes set to air on the ITV soap soon, Amy ends up in a "bad way" and her parents rush to be at her side as she's taken into hospital to get treatment. They are worried she's on drugs, but she denies it - insisting she's never taken it knowingly.
"Amy ends up in a bad way in hospital and Steve and Tracy fear the worst," a source told The Sun.
"They’re convinced she is on drugs - but she is adamant she didn’t take them knowingly. It soon becomes clear that she’s been the victim of spiking but Steve and Tracy don’t accept it."
The insider added: "They are convinced Jacob is leading their daughter astray, and soon the police are investigating."
It comes after soap bosses teased that Amy was going to get herself caught up with bad boy Jacob Hay (Jack James Ryan) again this year, who was first introduced to viewers as part of evil Harvey Gaskell's drug gang.
"What appealed was him as a fantastic actor, very Coronation Street, he has funny bones and authentic comedy – sometimes when we imports bad guys, sometimes it doesn’t have authenticity," boss Ian MacLeod said.
"But it works with him, I believe him 100%. We will pair him up with someone historically well behaved.
"She is quite sensible given her family dynamic and that’s Amy. How will Tracy and Steve react to the worst possible boyfriend – they try with failure to strategise this, cut her off financially, reverse psychology."
He added: "Meanwhile Jacob is redeeming himself – we discover about how he arrived in the drug gang and it will reframe views of him. He is trying to put the past behind him and make amends with Leanne and Simon. Jacob was groomed – he did do some heinous things but he is mature enough to know he has to put things right."
