Coronation Street bosses revealed on today's interactive edition of This Morning that Leanne Tilsley (Jane Danson) will be facing a new domestic abuse storyline, after she finds herself on the receiving end of violent attacks from her 12-year-old stepson Simon Barlow (Alex Bain).
Jane Danson who plays Leanne Tilsley / Credit: ITV
The dark plot will unfold over the upcoming summer months, and Corrie's producer Stuart Blackburn said of the story: "This summer is going to see Coronation Street at its classic best. It's going to be a mixture of romance, of comedy and of drama - and out of that drama, Leanne Battersby is going to find herself at the centre of a domestic abuse story. But this is a story with a twist. The perpetrator is Leanne's 12-year-old stepson Simon."
Acting as Simon's guardian since the schoolboy's troubled father Peter Barlow left Weatherfield towards the end of last year, Leanne has done nothing but care for the youngster, who's previously taken home the Best Young Performance prize at the 2011 British Soap Awards.
No further details surrounding the storyline have been revealed, but they're expected to come in the coming weeks and months in the build-up to the story.
Coronation Street continues on Wednesday and Friday this week - find out what's to come here.
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