Lauren returned to Corrie (Image: ITV) Coronation Street viewers were left utterly gobsmacked in the latest cliffhanger, as Lauren Bolton (played by Cait Fitton) was revealed to be very much alive, turning up beside Roy Cropper's (David Neilson) hospital bed after his harrowing heart attack. The soap had previously led fans to believe that Lauren had met a grisly end at the hands of Joel Deering (Calum Lill) following a brutal altercation, but it turns out she had narrowly escaped death. Lauren's dramatic reappearance on the cobbles saw her once again eluding the clutches of the villainous Joel, who had tried to force her into a hospital room with the help of a dodgy lawyer.

But the plot thickens even further as it transpires that Lauren is expecting Joel's child, leaving Corrie fans reeling. Actor Calum Lill divulged to OK! and other media that audiences should brace themselves for some harrowing scenes as Joel's vile grooming of Lauren threatens to be exposed, reports OK! . function loadOvpScript(){let el=document.

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