Coronation Street's Ed Bailey makes grisly discovery as Stephen Reid struggles to hide the truth
12.09.2023 - 07:17
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The net could be closing in on Stephen Reid as Ed Bailey makes a grisly discovery in Coronation Street next week. Fans have been eagerly awaiting the serial killer's downfall for months and it appears the beginning of the end could be on the cards.
Todd Boyce reprised the role of Stephen in the ITV soap last year, 15 years after he was last seen on the famous street and 26 years after making his debut in the role of Audrey Roberts' son.
When he made his sudden return in 2022, Stephen had appeared to arrive in the nick of time as Audrey found herself in trouble, having got stuck underneath a model scooter in the barbers after her drinking got a bit out of hand - despite her family's attempts at an intervention.
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But it soon became clear that his return to the cobbles was just an innocent trip to reconnect with the Platts as it seemed that with his finances in a dire state, he planned to fleece his own mother. His plotting and scheming hasn't stopped since and he's even turnd bumping off those standing in his way.
His first murder came after Jenny Connor's love interest Leo Thompkins got close to exposing his money-making plan. Stephen pushed him to his death in a wheelie bin after they got into a tussle on the Underworld factory steps before.
A couple of months later, after he realised that his son wasn't in Canada and had started to do some digging, Stephen killed Leo's dad Teddy with a hole punch. He later disposed of the body, bundling it into the roof box on Audrey's car before later disposing of it in the canal.
Then more recently, after killing businessman Rufus Donahue in his own pool and nearly going ahead with bumping