THIS week, the residents of Coronation Road learnt the unhappy information that fan favorite Les Battersby had handed away, seemingly in a piece place accident.
However as Les’s household gathered to listen to a hilarious, but shifting, will studying at Adam Barlow’s workplace, followers have been already connecting the demise to current occasions on the cobbles.
Les’s demise had already raised suspicions when his household have been provided £50,000 by his former employer if the household accepted the demise as an accident and signed an NDA.
While there have been raised eyebrows amongst the Battersby clan it was Les’s Stepson Chesney who most vocally challenged the information.
With the abattoir unwilling to present the household any extra details about precisely how Les died, the household have been extra suspicious than excited on the prospect of a payout.
Chesney was satisfied that if the abattoir was providing that sort of cash out of hand then there have to be one thing way more dodgy afoot.
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Even his mother-in-law, Bernie, might see previous the cash to the thriller behind it.
For Chesney his week went from unhealthy to worse because it appears the attentions he attracted of an odd stalker in a van has adopted him again to Coronation Road after an earlier carpark altercation.
Because the suspicious van’s exercise intensified and Chesney noticed it sitting outdoors his house at quantity 5, followers took to socials to attract a connection between the current massive occasions in Chesney’s life.
One viewer posed the query: “”So is the thriller man within the van who has been hassling Chesney related to Les being killed at work?”
Different followers agreed saying: “Possibly ‘Van Man’ Killed Les.” And “”Proper so now that van could possibly be some butcher b******s attempting to intimidate Les’ nearest and dearest.”
Some even thought the thriller van driver could possibly be Chesney’s personal mum: “All this point out of Cilla makes me assume she’s both the van man or she has one thing to do with Les’s dodgy will.”
Plainly followers are satisfied that whoever is behind the wheel of the mysterious van they assume they’d a hand in Les’s demise.
Coronation Road’s 2024 shock exits
Corrie has stated goodbye to a number of forged members this 12 months. Let’s break down who’s left the well-known cleaning soap:
Eliza Woodrow (Savannah Kunyo) has stated farewell to Corrie to start out a brand new life in Germany.
The teen moved to reside together with her dad Dom Everett, who went again on the £10,000 bribe Eliza’s grandfather Stu had provided to maintain him out of her life.
Paul Foreman (Peter Ash) will bow out of the cleaning soap this summer time when he loses his struggle with motor neurone illness (MND) in tragic scenes.
After being identified final 12 months, the fan favorite was devastated to study he solely had months left to reside.
Viewers know he’s planning to take his personal life to finish his struggling.
Summer season Spellman (Harriet Bibby) departed the cobbles after being provided the chance of a lifetime to review in America.
Although she struggled to determine together with her stepdad Paul’s impending demise from MND, she was satisfied she needed to reside her life to the complete.
Simon Barlow (Alex Bain) has struggled with the sudden departure of his father Peter from the cobbles.
The Weatherfield legend left his household and family members behind on Boxing Day, 2023, when his spouse Carla Connor inspired him to journey around the globe with a good friend.
Simon’s been on a downward spiral ever since and his exit might finish in tragedy.
Alya Nazir is ready to go away the cobbles as actress Sair Khan prepares to go on maternity depart forward of the delivery of her first baby.
It appears probably she’ll be heading to Dublin after securing a profitable new job, leaving her colleague and fling Adam Barlow behind.
Present stalwart Sue Cleaver, who performs Eileen Grimshaw, is taking a break to star within the Sister Act The Musical UK tour. She shall be again filming in Might as soon as her dates on the tour come to an finish.
Her character left the Road after her son Jason broke his again after falling off a moped in Asia.