ITV Coronation Street new whodunnit as character left for dead amid missing Lauren Bolton case

Coronation Street will see a new whodunnit next week as one character is left for dead.

Only recently, Roy Cropper has found himself wrongly arrested, charged and the number one suspect for the supposed murder of missing teenager Lauren Bolton. Soap fans will recall that troubled youngster Lauren abruptly left the cobbles earlier this year and her friend Bobby has been left concerned after he found her flat unlocked with Lauren nowhere to be seen.

Viewers never saw Lauren leave and it seems she told no one close to her of her plan to leave Weatherfield aside from Roy. Bobby reported Lauren as missing to the police and Roy has found himself under suspicion due to his kind nature, especially after he was caught innocently cleaning Lauren’s flat, which some people thought proved he was guilty and internet sleuths have since made his life a misery with a barrage of online abuse.

In upcoming scenes this week, Bethany Platt is left horrified as her past comes back to haunt her as she spots Nathan Curtis in Weatherfield. Soap fans will recall that Bethany was groomed by evil Nathan before reporting him and his gang to the police. The dark storyline concluded with Bethany facing Nathan and the others in court, with him sent to prison.

It’s not long until Bethany sees red and she accuses Nathan, who was released months ago, of murdering Lauren with next week’s episodes airing the aftermath. In the upcoming scenes next week, Roy’s solicitor Dee-Dee Bailey takes a call from the CPS informing her that they have some news regarding Lauren’s phone messages.

Dee-Dee tells Carla Connor and Nina Lucas about the messages which have come to light. Bethany listens, her mind a whirl and she manages to gain entry into the solicitors and locates Lauren’s file on Dee-Dee’s desk. Later in the week, Bethany quizzes PC Craig Tinker about Nathan’s alibi.

It’s not long until Craig lets slip that Nathan was with his girlfriend and she works at a nail bar in town to which Bethany points out that he was running a tanning salon when he groomed her. Meanwhile, Bethany’s mum Sarah confides in Gary Windass that she’s worried about her daughter as she’s become fixated on trying to pin Lauren’s murder on Nathan.

Later, Daniel and Bethany are shocked to be confronted by Nathan, who accuses Bethany of harassing his girlfriend. After the ordeal, David, Sarah and Gary discuss Nathan in the Rovers and agree that something has to be done before he ruins Bethany’s life all over again. It’s not long until a mystery person takes action as over on the building site, a hooded figure approaches and strikes Nathan over the head, leaving him unconscious.

Following the incident, Bethany mulls over who Nathan’s attacker might be while Shona Platt quizzes David about the stain on his jeans, not convinced by his story. David insists to Bethany and Sarah he’s innocent but Shona soon proves he was at the building site when Nathan was attacked due to a tracking app. This leads to David admitting he witnessed the attack but wasn’t responsible, leaving Bethany convinced that Daniel is to blame. Will she be proved right or is it someone else in a shock twist?