Joel Deering (Calum Lill) was finally hauled in by police in recent Coronation Street scenes – but there’s a big twist ahead.
Solicitor Joel has been avoiding the consequences of his actions since attacking Lauren Bolton (Cait Fitton) and leaving her for dead earlier this year.
Lauren went missing after the attack, and a full investigation was launched into her suspected murder.
Joel had groomed Lauren and left her pregnant with his child, something that was revealed after she returned to Weatherfield.
In a vile move, Joel drugged Lauren to bring on premature labour, knowing that the baby could incriminate him, though thankfully Frankie survived.
Lauren hasn’t been the only young woman targeted by Joel however, as he was previously violent towards Betsy Swain (Sydney Martin) after she began blackmailing him for trying to get Sabrina Adetiba (Luana Santos) drunk.
When Betsy told mum DS Lisa Swain (Vicky Myers) about what Joel had done, Lisa hauled him in for questioning, and though he managed to talk his way out of it, Lisa remained suspicious.
