Coronation Street fans were not expecting a thrilling twist involving soap favourite Leanne Battersby in Friday night's epic soap double bill.
For months Leanne, played by Jane Danson, has been living under threat of violence from fearsome drugs lord Harvey Gaskell. She was roped into working for twisted Harvey after her adopted son Simon Barlow started selling drugs for him to make ends meet for them after the death of her three-year-old son Oliver. READ MORE: Corrie fans distraught as Johnny Connor drowns and distressing scenes remind them of something else She eventually turned him over to police after agreeing to enter into a witness protection programme, but the soap villain plotted his revenge from behind bars.
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