Coronation Street fans think they have worked out exactly when Joel Deering will be 'exposed' after they saw his true colours in shocking scenes.
Viewers of the ITV soap have known the solicitor is a wrong'un for a while but they saw the extent of his sinister ways following Lauren Bolton's return.
The teen was presumed dead after she suddenly disappeared from Weatherfield back in February. It was then revealed in May, three months after Lauren was last seen alive, that it was Joel who was behind her disappearance - not Roy Cropper as DS Lisa Swain decided when she charged him with Lauren's murder.
After making a swift exit from Roy's homecoming, after he was finally released from prison, Joel was met by Hope Stape who handed him a necklace that she found in his car when cleaning it, which viewers recognised belonged to Lauren.
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