Coronation Street spoilers: Liam Connor absolutely broken after despicable act from vile Mason

A broken Liam Connor (Charlie Wrenshall) loses all hope in Coronation Street soon, with one final act from bully Mason (Luca Toolan) being what prompts him to contemplate ending his life.

The week starts with Liam apprehensively returning to school, and it isn’t long until Mason finds him in a corridor and starts mocking him.

Later, the vile bully approaches Liam, who is busy working on his marionette. He grabs it and smashes it to pieces, all while Dylan Wilson (Liam McCheyne) films to ordeal for a live-stream.

The next day, Liam tells Maria Connor (Samia Longchambon) that he’s not going to school anymore.

During a meeting with Mrs Crawshaw, Gary Windass (Mikey North) and Maria learn that until there’s proof Mason and Dylan are bulling Liam, nothing can be done.

After a passing comment from Eileen Grimshaw (Sue Cleaver) about checking Liam’s socials for evidence, Maria creates a fake SendPx account and sends Liam’s account a follow request.

Once she’s accepted, Maria scrolls through the comments, horrified to see the abuse Liam has been receiving on a day to day basis.

Meanwhile, alone in his bedroom, Liam starts to google suicide.

Towards the end of the week, a teacher shows Mrs Crawshaw the search history on Liam’s returned laptop.

As Maria fails to notice a missed call, Gary is called into the school instead.

Racing to the salon, Gary breaks the news to Maria that Liam has been researching dark and concerning subjects and, remembering Liam’s comments about how much he loves her, the penny starts to drop for Maria.

She rushes back to the flat, desperately hoping she can find Liam, but what will happen once Maria arrives?