Corrie Chaos Coronation Street favourite facing jail as they make surprise return to soap after months off-screen
A CORONATION Street favourite is heading back to the cobbles after months off-screen.
Their surprise return comes with a twist, as the character now faces jail.
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Fans will watch as Kit Green (Jacob Roberts) is hauled into a police station interview room – only to come face-to-face with Bethany Platt (Lucy Fallon).
She confesses she’s quit her London job, nicked her boss’s motor without asking, and ended up accused of car theft.
Now it’s down to Kit to see if he can bail her out of trouble.
How will Bethany react to the news that her mum Sarah Platt (Tina O’Brien) is now dating the copper?
Actress Lucy Fallon confirmed her return for good after being spotted back on set in July.
The 27-year-old returned from maternity leave after leaving in February to give birth to her second child, Nancy.
Before bowing out, Bethany made a shock return on New Year’s Eve 2023 and quickly rekindled her romance with ex Daniel Osbourne (Rob Mallard).
But her fresh start soon turned sour.
The young mum was forced to face her abuser Nathan Curtis (Christopher Harper) after his prison release, before jetting to Turkey for cosmetic surgery that went horribly wrong.
The botched op left her battling sepsis and relying on a permanent stoma bag.
Coronation Street’s Sarah Platt left devastated as Bethany is rushed into intensive care with sepsis
Just when things were looking brighter, Daniel popped the question on Christmas Day — and Bethany said yes, not knowing his ex Daisy Midgeley (Charlotte Jordan) was secretly pregnant after a one-night stand with him.
When the truth came out, Bethany packed her bags once again, ditching Daniel and heading back to London.
Now, a year later, her dramatic return to Weatherfield promises yet more twists for Corrie fans.
Coronation Street airs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays on ITV at 8pm or stream from 7am on ITVX.
Bethany Platt’s biggest Corrie storylines
Bethany is the daughter of Sarah Platt (Tina O’Brien) and her classmate Neil Fearns (Paul Holowaty). Sarah fell pregnant at the age of just 12-years-old, much to the horror of her family.
When she was a child, Bethany’s was involved in a major storyline when she took ecstasy tablets. This was when her uncle, David Platt (Jack P. Shepherd), hid them in her doll.
The character departed the soap in 2007 with her mum for a new life in Milan. Her return storyline saw the teenager run away back to Weatherfield with a new actress as Lucy Fallon took over the role.
Storylines since then have included major school bullying. Her teachers said she was skipping school as she told them that she was attending grief counselling. Sarah and David soon realised that Bethany intercepted letters and emails from the school. She was being tormented by a group of girls, which included her mainbully Lauren (Shannon Flynn).
Gary notices the bullying and reports it to the school. Due to several incidents, Lauren makes out that Bethany is the bully and they are both suspended. During this time, Bethany helps David out at the salon and Lauren comes in for a treatment. David then threatened her to leave his family alone. This was before she was expelled from the school after other girls came forward about the torment.
Bethany was later at the centre of one of Corrie’s darkest storylines when she fell under the spell of her older boyfriend and sexual predator Nathan Curtis. The controversial scenes saw Nathan groom and manipulate the 16-year-old before coercing her into sleeping with his friends, with one of them raping her.
The storyline was based on a real life story and also drew inspiration from the child sex abuse ring in Rochdale, which saw nine men jailed in 2012.
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