Eagle-eyed Coronation Street fans think they have spotted a few flaws in Stephen Reid's cover-up after he killed Leo Thompkins. Viewers of the ITV soap were shocked earlier this week when a scuffle led to the character, played by Todd Boyce, pushing Leo to his death.
Leo, played by Joe Frost, arrived on the cobbles back in October 2021 as a new love interest for Jenny Connor. The Rovers Return landlady fell for the younger man following her split from her now late husband Johnny Connor. More recently, the pair got engaged as Jenny finally agreed to leave her much-loved home to start a new life in Canada with Leo.
However, the character's suspicions of Stephen Reid appear to have got in the way as Corrie fans watched Leo plunge to his death after a scuffle with the Canadian businessman. After catching him lying about staying in a hotel when he really slept in his car, Leo discovered that Stephen had also shared a kiss with his fiancee Jenny Connor while they were on a break.
Leo ended up punching Stephen and, on a mission to prove that he's a liar, he confronted him about his plan to get his hands on the equity from his mum Audrey’s house. As he followed Leo onto the Underworld factory gantry, Leo taunted him, threatening to call Audrey. Seeing red, Stephen lunged at Leo and the pair got into a scuffle over his mobile. But it wasn't long before Stephen sent Leo plunging over the railings with the victim landing in the commercial bin below.
Later, Stephen returned to the scene of the crime, tipped Leo's lifeless body out of the bin and hauled him inside in order to hide his body elsewhere and cover up his shocking crime. And while some viewers wondered if Leo was still alive, that possibility was quickly dashed at the start of Wednesday night's episode of Corrie (September 28).
They saw Stephen suffering a flashback of seeing Leo's lifeless and bloodied body as he helped Michael take out the bins. "It smells like someone died in there," Michael quipped unaware that he was in fact right. Later, Stephen was seen sneaking around the Rover, taking Leo's passport and suitcase to be able to cover up his death by making it look like he had gone to Canada as planned.
At the end of the episode, Stephen was shown burning all of Leo's belongings, getting away with his death. However, Corrie fans were flocking to social media to make two points in particular.
@Twig9876 tweeted: "Such a small amount of clothes on the bonfire, given how heavy the case was. #Corrie." @tracilaci78 said: "It didn't look like the suitcase and it wasn't a massive pile of clothes." Jane Pickering wrote on Facebook: "Not many clothes burnt for saying he took the suitcase or cases.and have I missed an episode??what's he done with the body!!"
@clellandrea wrote: "I was a little concerned of this fire spreading. It looked like very very dry grass he lit that fire on." @julieaflah shared: "We had a drought then I really thought a grassland fire would be started @kath.webb posted: "Course he'll get away with starting a fire in a field of dry grass!!" Joanne Addy commented on Facebook: "A fire on dry grass , with the car very close and what looks like gas pipes in front of him , if he careless like that gawd help him what he done we body! May as well admit it now."
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