Leanne Battersby frames ex Nick Tilsley for sick crime in Coronation Street revenge – but will it backfire?
However, is Nick catching on to Leanne's scheming
LEANNE Battersby sets up her ex, Nick Tilsley, for a heinous crime in a twisted act of revenge in Coronation Street.
Returning from Tenerife, Nick (Ben Price) calls at The Bistro and is ushered into the office from Leanne (Jane Danson) who explains there’s a problem with the accounts.
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Coronation Street - Ep 1144748
Monday 23rd December 2024
When Toyah Battersby [GEORGIA TAYLOR] arrives for work, excited that Nick Tilsley [BE PRICE] is back, her excitement turns to shock when Kit Green [JACOB ROBERTS] arrests her on suspicion of theft and fraud by abuse of trust. Toyah assures Nick that she’s never stolen a penny from the bistro, someone has set her up and she reckons that someone is Leanne Battersby [JANE DANSON]. Will Nick believe Toyah?
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Coronation Street - Ep 11449
Tuesday 24th December 2024
Leanne Battersby [JANE DANSON] calls at the station and shows Craig Tinker [COLSON SMITH] a pile of presents from Nick to Toyah, making out that they are in it together.
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Going over the figures and discovering a series of payments made to TLH Holdings, he calls the bank to freeze their account.
When Toyah Battersby (Georgia Taylor) arrives for work, excited that Nick is back, her excitement turns to shock when copper Kit Green (Jacob Roberts) arrests her on suspicion of theft and fraud by abuse of trust.
Toyah assures Nick that she’s never stolen a penny from The Bistro, someone has set her up and she reckons that someone is Leanne.
Will Nick believe Toyah?
After sneaking a look inside Nick’s briefcase, Leanne is furious to see a wrapped Christmas present for Toyah.
Leanne calls at the station and shows Craig a pile of presents from Nick to Toyah, making out that they are in it together.
Toyah arrives in The Bistro to help Nick set up for Gail and Jesse’s wedding, explaining that Leanne has lifted her ban for the occasion.
As guests arrive, the police show up and tell Nick and Toyah that they need to ask them some questions on a fraud allegation.
As Kit shows Nick the account from TLH Holdings, Nick assures Kit he’s never seen them before.
At the station, a row with Toyah and Leanne escalates into a fight and Max Turner (Paddy Bever) films it.
Seeking legal advice from Adam and Alya, Nick is advised to do some digging in order to prove that Leanne set him and Toyah up.
Toyah explains to Leanne that they never meant to hurt her, but how will Leanne react?
When Amy accuses Nick of sending flirty texts whilst he was in Tenerife, he decides to scan some CCTV footage and to see that Leanne has two phones. Is Nick close to catching Leanne?
Coronation Street airs Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 7:30pm on ITV1 and is available to stream from 7am on ITVX.
Best soap affair love triangles
LOVE triangles are a fundamental part of soap-land, but which ones have become the most iconic?
EASTENDERS
Bradley/Stacey/Max: Stacey Slater began an affair with boyfriend Bradley Branning’s dad Max in 2007.
Despite their romps, Stacey still married Bradley, but their deceit came out in an iconic Christmas Day episode that year.
Grant/Sharon/Phil: Heading even further back in Walford history, EastEnders fans were gripped in the 90s as Sharon Watts had a one-night stand with her brother-in-law Phil Mitchell.
Sharon confided in best friend Michelle Fowler – not realising it was caught on tape – and her husband Grant eventually found out and played it in front of everyone at the Queen Vic.
Syed/Amira/Christian: Syed Masood was engaged to Amira before realising he had feelings for another man, Christian, which he confessed to him on his wedding day.
A devout Muslim, Syed refused to admit his true sexuality and went ahead and married Amira anyway, but when they returned, the two men started an affair before being caught in the act by Amira.
CORONATION STREET
Shelley/Peter/Lucy: Peter Barlow took the concept of a love triangle and ran with it in Coronation Street – extending it to bigamy.
He was in a relationship with Shelley Unwin but started dating Lucy Richards, and quickly married her after she fell pregnant with his son, Simon.
But it didn’t stop him also marrying Shelley, but he was eventually caught when Lucy turned up in Weatherfield and the two women confronted him.
Ken/Deidre/Mike: Back in 1982, Deirdre Barlow started sleeping with her husband’s nemesis Mike Baldwin in secret, before confessing all a year later.
When Mike turned up at the marital home, Deirdre was being throttled by her husband who then kicked her out, but years later they reconciled.
Maria/Aidan/Eva: In 2017, Aidan Connor started sleeping with girlfriend Eva Price’s best friend, Maria Connor.
Eva eventually found out and she decided to take revenge by faking a pregnancy, spending his money and planned to confront him on their wedding day.
But she had a change of heart when a remorseful Aidan confessed, and decided to marry him anyway, only for Maria to arrive and expose her fake pregnancy.
EMMERDALE
Ross/Debbie/Pete: Debbie Dingle found herself torn between two brothers, Ross and Pete Barton in 2015 in Emmerdale.
She eventually decided to marry Pete but yet again, a soap wedding day was ruined when the groom learned of his bride’s betrayal via a recording played at the wedding.
Chrissie/Robert/Aaron: Robert Sugden was married to Chrissie White and all seemed well – until he began a steamy affair with Aaron Dingle.
Robert’s ex Katie Sugden almost exposed the affair – but fell to her death before she had the chance.
However, a guilty Aaron eventually cracked and told Chrissie about the affair – after which she announced it to the whole pub.