Viewers of the ITV soap have been sharing their thoughts on David and Shona Platt’s latest serious debacle

Coronation Street fans have been sharing their thoughts on David and Shona Platt’s latest serious debacle – and they were quick to make a shock claim about their future.

Viewers will recall seeing David sneaking around last month, intercepting letters sent through the post and deleting emails from Shona’s laptop before it was revealed she was being contacted by Weatherfield Prison about her son, Clayton Hibbs, who killed David’s late wife, Kylie Platt, in cold blood in the middle of the cobbles.

David later paid a visit to Clayton in prison, with the latter speaking desperately about wanting to see his mum. But when David made it clear that that wasn’t going to happen, he relented and agreed to talk to him instead. In a surprise to David, Clayton apologised for everything he’d done, revealing that he had started talking to a counsellor while in prison.

But David seemed rattled by Clayton talking about Kylie and ending up lying to him and told him that Shona didn’t want to hear from him, and that he was dead to her. As David left the prison, Clayton looked devastated, and once back at home, David appeared ready to tell his wife the truth, until her high spirits and suggestion they should try for their own baby threw him off course.

He’s since continued to lie, even when Shona was left devastated to learn Clayton was in hospital – and didn’t want to see her. It later transpired that her son had hit rock bottom and tried to take his own life.

Weeks have since gone by but David’s big secret was finally exposed by his stepson Max Turner during Wednesday night’s (December 4) trip to Weatherfield. David was seen confiding in Max about how he intercepted visiting orders that Clayton had sent from prison and confirmed he’d visited him behind his wife’s back.

Max seemingly agreed to keep David’s secret but all that changed when Shona stepped up her desperate attempts to get answers from the prison governor and as she headed to the jail, she lost her temper by shoving the governor when he wouldn’t reveal the truth about the missing emails and Clayton’s visitor.

Max eventually stepped in and told her: “It’s not them you should be having a go at – they are not the ones lying. David is. He obviously didn’t want anything bad to happen, but he didn’t want you to see Clayton. So he deleted the emails, he made sure the rest went to junk, and he binned the visiting orders.”

Shona then headed home and confronted David, leaving him forced to confess that he visited Clayton and told him that Shona didn’t want to see him. But he was less than apologetic as he reminded her of what he did to Kylie, as well as the time he also held a knife to her throat as she recalled his younger years and wanting to do her best by him.

The row was interrupted as DC Kit Green arrived to arrest Shona on suspicion of assaulting the prison governor. Shona was later released without charge, but she refused to go home to David and asked cabbie Steve McDonald to drive her back into town instead. But the storyline has left some Corrie fans divided over whose side they are on – and they’ve also predicted it could end in heartbreak for the popular couple.

@daoliver87 said: “He has every right to want him out of their lives. He’s the reason why David lost his first wife and why Max and Lily lost their mother.” @emma_the_ginga_ninga26 commented: “He killed David’s wife. Of course David’s not going to want anything to do with him.” @amandapanda2906 wrote: “Sorry but I can understand why David is so cold towards her son, I would be too!”

@dee381456 posted: “This is why Shona and David should never have got together. Her son was always going to come between them.” @khaileehope wrote: “I think it’s over for Shona and David.” @pjv_theoutcast shared: “I agree with Shona at the end of the day. It doesn’t matter what his done. He is still her son and she will always care and David got only himself to blame.” @claire_f_86_ added: “Shona ends up sleeping with someone else, so David & Shona’s marriage is going to be on the rocks.”