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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Jessica Sansome

ITV Coronation Street's Stephen has new 'dark plan' that 'no one will guess' as he sets sights on Carla Connor

Coronation Street fans already know he's killed once, but will Stephen Reid kill again? Well, 'everyone should be worried' according to the ITV soap's boss. Viewers have been left infuriated by the character's storyline following his return to Weatherfield from Italy.

As well as covering up the murder of Jenny Connor's fiance Leo Thompkins, rogue businessman Stephen has spent months covering up the dire state of his finances while swindling his own family. He's return to the street saw him plotting to sell his mum Audrey Roberts' property in order to steal the equity and pay back his ex Gabrielle, who he stole from in the past.

But after Leo eavesdropped on Stephen's conversation with Gabrielle, following his drunken snog with his girlfriend Jenny Connor, before threatening to expose his plans, the desperate conman shoved him to his death off the edge of the Underworld factory. He has since done everything he can to try and cover up Leo's death by pretending that he still went to Canada.

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