Coronation Street has officially confirmed the return of Nathan Curtis as the case of Lauren Bolton's disappearance takes a fresh twist.
It's been rumoured the character, who groomed Bethany Platt as part of a sex trafficking scheme before being imprisoned in 2017, would be returning in recent weeks.
Now it's been confirmed by the ITV soap that Chris Harper will reprise the role with Bethany's evil attacker making a return to Weatherfield in upcoming scenes.
It's Bethany, played by Lucy Fallon, who first spots him at the reconstruction of Lauren’s last known movements and her mind is thrown into overdrive.
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