Coronation Street fans were all pointing out the same thing as Simon Barlow squared up to his old associate Jacob Hay in a tense episode of the ITV soap. The teen had a showdown with former drug dealer Jacob after finding out he had been given a job at the Underworld factory by his stepmum Carla Connor.
Simon, played by Alex Bain, stormed into the factory and blasted Jacob in front of his new co-workers. He brought up his murky past as a drug dealer and revealed how he had tormented and taunted his mum Leanne over the death of her three-year-old son Oliver.
Last year with Leanne grieving for Oliver and unable to work, Simon took it upon himself to try and earn more cash and was roped into selling drugs for gangster Harvey Gaskell by Jacob while they were working together delivering takeaways for Dev Alahan. Harvey piled on the pressure when Simon wanted out of the gang so Leanne decided to fight to save her son from a life of crime.
