Coronation Street spoilers – Fresh fears for Liam Connor as he is missing amid suicide worry

After months of being cruelly and mercifully bullied in Coronation Street, young Liam Connor (Charlie Wrenshall) was in such despair that he even seriously thought about taking his own life.

The bullying was instigated by a twisted character called Mason Radcliffe (Luca Toolan), who dragged Dylan Wilson (Liam McCheyne) into picking on Liam.

They tormented the boy with verbal abuse, filmed him having rubbish poured over him and posted it online and sent him online threats. Mason even threatened Liam with a knife, leaving him terrified for his life.

Maria (Samia Longchambon) and Gary (Mikey North) didn’t realise the full extent of Liam’s suffering until his school found he’d been researching suicide on his laptop. Naturally they were distraught to learn that their boy had been going through so much without them realising.

Maria, in particular, was devastated that she’d almost lost her son. She vowed to keep him safe and that included keeping watch over him in case he should reach those levels of despair again.

The stress of this has naturally taken its toll on Maria, who hasn’t been back at work since the crisis with Liam. In coming episodes Audrey (Sue Nicholls) tells her that if she doesn’t come back to work Audrey will be forced to look for a replacement.

Needing the money, Maria has no option but to go back to the salon, but her mind really isn’t on her work. While she should be attending to a bride-to-be’s hair, she keeps taking sneak peeks at her phone.

She’s hidden a camera at home and via an app she can keep an eye on what’s happening at home, where Gary is with Liam.

She sees her son going into the bathroom, and after a long while realises with dread that he hasn’t come out.

Fearing the worst, Maria abandons her client, leaving Audrey open-mouthed, and rushes home dreading that Liam may have harmed himself.

What will she find when she gets there?