BREAKING NEWS: ITV Coronation Street’s Toyah Battersby lashes out as stillborn baby from rape ordeal is found
Toyah Battersby (Georgia Taylor) will be forced to re-live a devastating ordeal from her past in Coronation Street next week when the remains of her stillborn baby are unearthed.
The storyline, which received a strong reaction from fans of the ITV soap upon its confirmation, will kick off on Monday (April 22) as Toyah stumbles upon two internet sleuths digging up an area of a nearby park.
The long-serving character is out looking for Freddie, Roy Cropper’s (David Neilson) beloved pet dog, at the time of the discovery.
Freddie was out on a walk with Sam Blakeman (Jude Riordan) earlier that morning but he subsequently vanishes, with a number of the cobbles finest swooping into action to spare Roy – who is in jail for the murder of missing Lauren Bolton (Cait Fitton) – any more pain.
While checking out the park, Toyah spots two people digging up a rose bed. The so-called internet sleuths claim that they saw Freddie sniffing and digging around the area in question and thus have come to suspect that it’s where Roy disposed of Lauren’s body.
Appalled by their actions – not to mention their wild theories – Toyah sees red and picks up a shovel, making a beeline for their car, as she smashes the windows in broad daylight, leaving the two sleuths in shock as they film her outburst on their phone.
Overwhelmed with grief, Toyah bursts into years, with Nick Tilsley (Ben Price) arriving just in time to convince her to put down the shovel and come home with him.
Nick probes Toyah with questions about what led to her smashing the car. Toyah, however, turns her attention to Sam, railing at the schoolboy for losing sight of Freddie in the first place – and soon she’s forced to answer some serious questions when the police arrive.