Coronation Street's Stephen Reid strikes again with…

Coronation Street's Stephen Reid strikes again with deadly move on Elaine as someone gets suspicious

It's been weeks now since Stephen Reid claimed his last victim and he could be set to strike again next week in Coronation Street with his fiancee Elaine Metcalfe in his sights.

For months he's been plotting and scheming and bumping off those standing in his way on the ITV soap and it's a wonder his own mother Audrey Roberts is still alive after he planned to fleece her when he first arrived back in Weatherfield from Milan where his relationship and career was in tatters.

In upcoming scenes, viewers will see him stride over to Stephen and reveal that after a frank discussion with Jenny, they’d both like to know why he told them each a pack of lies in a bid to foil their potential romance. As Stephen scratches about for a plausible reason, Owen tells him that once he takes over the factory, he’s fired

Stephen is then quick to warn Carla Connor against selling the factory but she insists that she has to for the sake of her mental health leaving the money-strapped businessman - and serial killer - kicking himself.

The frustrations of the day get the better of him, and Stephen soon trashes the factory floor. Arriving to witness his meltdown, Michael Bailey wonders what’s going on.

Later, unpacking in their new flat, Stephen suggests again to Elaine that they should buy Carla’s share of the business. When Elaine snaps at him and spells out that she will never invest a penny in the factory and they should simply enjoy their retirement, Stephen masks his fury - until later.

Stephen's jealousy of Owen rages on (ITV)

Unaware that Stephen has replaced her blood pressure pills with caffeine pills, Elaine’s exhausted and jittery. Handing her a glass of water, Stephen reminds her it’s time for her pills.

Feeling the pressure when Carla tells him if he doesn’t come up with the money quickly, she’ll sell to Owen, Stephen laces Elaine’s tea. As Elaine admits she doesn’t feel well, Stephen feigns concern and offers to get some food.

Alone and overcome by dizziness, Elaine stumbles and hits her head. Stephen returns to find Elaine unconscious on the floor. As he quietly backs out of the flat, has Stephen killed again?

By the end of the week, Elain's son Tim shares his suspicions about Stephen with Steve Confronting Stephen, he demands details about what happened to Elaine.

Just weeks ago Stephen brutally killed Underworld client Rufus Donahue by drowning after he had blackmailed him into giving him 50 per cent of the factory's Nippersnapper profits. In a shocking flashback scene he spiked Rufus' drink with LSD, pushed him into his home swimming pool, and held his head under the water.

Last year he killed Leo Thompkins after he was about to expose him as a conman. He then murdered Leo's dad Teddy after he worked out that he had done away with his son. And not forgetting how he drugged Carla with LSD in a selfish bid to get her to hand over the factory, thinking her psychosis had returned.

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