Coronation Street fans have shared their dismay at the return of a storyline they have branded 'vile'. During Jacob Hay's first appearance in Weatherfield back in 2020, viewers of the ITV soap were horrified as he groomed an impressionable Simon Barlow into joining a drugs gang while also tormenting his grieving mum, Leanne Battersby.
It wasn't long before he disappeared off the screen having crossed drug lord Harvey Gaskell, who has recently been revealed as his uncle, but returned in 2021 and struck up a relationship with Amy Barlow which has seen him stay on the street. While his return was initially met with disapproval, he has since turned things around.
He was given a chance by Carla Barlow, bagging a job at Underworld before quickly becoming the factory's best seller. However, the arrival of his absent father, Damon, has completely changed things for Jacob, played by Jack James Ryan.
