Next week in Coronation Street, Roy Cropper takes to the stand after being charged with Lauren Bolton's murder. The teenager has been missing since the end of February and the cafe owner has been DS Lisa Swain's prime suspect since they started investigating the case.
Lauren's disappearance soon became a murder probe and the beloved cafe owner was quickly placed in the frame after he was revealed as the last person to see Lauren alive - and misguidedly deep-cleaned Lauren’s flat after she mysteriously disappeared.
And while Daniel Osbourne has also been questioned, it's Roy who has been most under suspicion by the police and true crime ghouls online. READ MORE: Coronation Street star Antony Cotton made single move before Sean Tully role 21 years ago READ MORE: Read more of our Coronation Street stories here Next week, as they take their seats in the police interview room, Roy asks Dee-Dee Bailey for a piece of paper and an envelope and begins to write.
In the court, the CPS barrister paints Roy as a murderer with a violent past and lists his crimes including the assault on Gary and the abduction of Wayne.
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