Dee-Dee and Lisa are determined to take Joel down.
Coronation Street spoilers follow.
Coronation Street is set to revisit one of evil Joel Deering’s victims amid efforts to bring him down.
Dee-Dee Bailey and DS Lisa Swain are both currently trying to build a criminal case against Joel following his violent attack on Lauren Bolton, as there isn’t enough evidence to charge him and the case has been closed.
In upcoming scenes, the pair will try to contact Ellie – another vulnerable teenager who Joel has exploited – hoping she will provide some information that could send the abuser down once and for all.
Bethany Platt previously met up with Ellie and begged her to share what she knew about Lauren’s disappearance.
Although Ellie said that Nathan Curtis was responsible, it was later revealed that she was Joel was intimidating her into making that claim.
In scenes airing on the ITV soap next week, Lisa informs Dee-Dee that Joel’s work phone showed some message exchanges with someone of interest, and she’s going to follow it up.
Craig agrees to help track down Ellie, but is warned that both he and Lisa could lose their jobs if anyone finds out.
Craig successfully finds Ellie’s address – but will she agree to talk to Lisa?
Earlier this week, Joel threatened Lauren at the hospital and revealed his plans to apply for custody of their baby son Frankie.
“You’re only doing this to punish Lauren, you’ve got no interest in Frankie,” said Dee-Dee, to which Joel replied: “You’re wrong, I love my son and I want to make sure he’s safe.”
Although Joel warned Dee-Dee to back off, or he’d report her dad Ed for insider trading, she later passed on some information to Lisa that she’d received about Joel’s mysterious departure from Walcott’s, a firm that specialises in helping vulnerable young people.
Later on, Lisa’s colleague Kit informed Dee-Dee that someone had made an allegation of insider trading against Ed – and she was convinced Joel was responsible.
Coronation Street airs on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 8pm on ITV1 and streams on ITVX.
