Coronation Street’s Joel Deering finally charged as Betsy reveals devastating secret

Coronation Street finally aired the moment Joel Deering faced his comeuppance, with him charged over his plot to kill Lauren Bolton’s baby.

Betsy Swain dropped the heartbreaking truth about what she was hiding, delivering a damning confession that exposed Joel’s guilt. Viewers know Joel had drugged Lauren when she was pregnant to trigger early labour, in a sick plan to kill her unborn child.

Betsy finally confessed what she was covering up on Friday, revealing Joel had paid her to order the pills from a private clinic pretending she needed an abortion. She had no idea Joel planned to use them to harm Lauren’s baby, having lied they were for a vulnerable client.

It was revealed earlier this year that Joel had been grooming Lauren before he attacked her and left her for dead. Amid it being revealed he’d groomed other young girls too, Lauren made a return and confirmed she was pregnant with Joel’s baby.

Joel tried to kill the unborn child to stop Dee-Dee Bailey finding out his lies, wanting Lauren gone for good too. But the whole truth ended up coming out after Frankie was born prematurely, with him still in hospital and still poorly.

He suffered a bleed on his brain this week, with it thought the tablets were to blame. After weeks of DS Swain trying to prove Joel’s crimes and the fact he purchased and administered the pills, targeting Lauren, she finally found evidence.

Betsy confided in her mother about the fact she’d been the one to help Joel get the pills by calling the private clinic. She provided a fake name and Dee-Dee’s address as requested by Joel, with Joel then using them to harm Lauren and her baby.

The teen told her mum she had no idea that was the plan, and she felt guilty knowing Frankie was hurt and could suffer the consequences for the rest of his life. Swain wasted no time in getting her daughter to make a statement, before she arrested Joel over the pills.

Joel smirked in the interview room as he believed they had no evidence to prove what he did. That was until Swain played the recording of the phone call Betsy made to the clinic, with Joel heard talking to her.

In the recording Joel clearly tells Betsy what name and address to say, proving he ordered the pills that were used to harm Lauren’s baby. Joel’s face dropped as Swain returned later to confirm the CPS had agreed she could go ahead and charge him.

He was given bail, but it’s clear he won’t be getting away with it. Swain informed him that with Lauren, Betsy and teen Ellie all prepared to speak in court against him, it wasn’t looking good.