In Monday’s (June 24) episode of Coronation Street, solicitor and murderer Joel Deering (Calum Lill) turned his attention to his next victim.
Back in May, it was confirmed Joel was responsible for attacking Lauren Bolton (Cait Fitton) before her disappearance. With the police assuming she has been murdered, eyes are on Nathan Curtis (Christopher Harper), which has allowed Joel to slip back into shadows and target someone else.
Yesterday, Joel was at the precinct and approached Sabrina (Luana Santos). They had previously met each other at the station, when Sabrina was looking for help after her brother was arrested.
As Joel sat down beside Sabrina, he started to throw a few suggestive comments her way, and she enjoyed it. Attention then turned to Joel turning their coffees into Irish ones by adding whiskey to them. Later on, we returned to the precinct to see Sabrina talking to her friend.
Her mate told Sabrina that Joel is a weird man in his 30s who never does things for someone without expecting something in return.
Sabrina felt naïve and told her friend she liked that Joel was treating her as an adult. The young woman then said she would bin Joel’s business card for Sabrina, but pocketed it instead.
Later on, the new face was seen confronting Joel on the cobbles and asking for money in exchange for her silence over him approaching Sabrina. Joel told her to run along but if the latest theory from Coronation Street fans is anything to go by, we will be seeing her again.
But will she play a part in Joel’s downfall?
Interestingly, while we didn’t find out the name of Sabrina’s friend in the episode, she also wasn’t credited. Called ‘Sabrina’s mate’ in the end slate, it has left many convinced her real identity will be exposed soon – as DS Swain’s (Vicky Myers) daughter.
‘Sabrina’s mate looks a lot like DS Swain, is this her daughter? It’s gonna go down for Joel in #Corrie!’, one fan said on X.
Another, echoing these thoughts, wrote: ‘Just a thought, what if Sabrina’s mystery unnamed friend (the one who is blackmailing Joel) is Betsy – DS Swain’s daughter? 🤔 ‘
