It’s been a long time coming and I have been positively seething since he was jailed for Lauren Bolton’s (Cait Fitton) murder, but Roy Cropper (David Neilson) is finally back in Coronation Street after being released from prison.
And it’s just in the nick (pun intended, lads) of time as he had a blade to his throat moments before.
Languishing, Roy had all but given up hope on his future, charged with a deplorable crime he didn’t – and could never – commit.
Viewers have now found out that Joel Deering (Calum Lill) was responsible for Lauren’s gruesome death.
Joel’s partner Dee-Dee Bailey (Channique Sterling-Brown) has been repping our Roy, fighting his corner to try and prove that he is being held wrongly.
To make it more complicated, Joel is representing Nathan Curtis (Chris Harper) as a client – and he happens to be the prime suspect taking Roy’s place in the frame.