{"id":24470,"date":"2022-10-24T22:00:27","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T20:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1727015"},"modified":"2022-10-24T22:28:13","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T20:28:13","slug":"coronation-streets-stephen-faces-debt-dilemma-as-he-covers-leo-death","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/coronation-streets-stephen-faces-debt-dilemma-as-he-covers-leo-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronation Street\u2019s Stephen faces debt dilemma as he covers Leo death"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Laura Denby\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 24 October 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Killer Stephen Reid (Todd Boyce) faced another setback in tonight\u2019s Coronation Street<\/a> (24th October), after he successfully diverted attention away from his victim Leo Thompkins (Joe Frost).<\/p>\n

Having murdered poor Leo last month<\/a> when he grew more and more suspicious of Stephen\u2019s shifty behaviour, Stephen has spent the last few weeks trying to avoid suspicion. Despite believing that Leo fled to Canada without her, Leo\u2019s fianc\u00e9e Jenny Connor (Sally Ann Matthews) was still worried about him, and his father Teddy (Grant Burgin) arrived once more to discuss Leo\u2019s whereabouts.<\/p>\n

While viewers are well aware of Stephen\u2019s motives, Teddy and Jenny couldn\u2019t understand why he was getting so involved as they speculated over why they hadn\u2019t heard from Leo. Stephen advised them to wait before they took any action, but Teddy was angry as he assumed that Stephen was still cosy with Jenny.<\/p>\n

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Stephen killed Leo during a confrontation.<\/span><\/figcaption> ITV<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Jenny made it clear that this was not the case as she told Stephen to stand down \u2013 and Teddy to calm down. Later, Stephen stared at Leo\u2019s phone before hiding it and subtly suggesting to Daisy Midgeley (Charlotte Jordan) that Leo might be back in touch on an important date.<\/p>\n

As Daisy explained that the previous week had been Leo\u2019s late mum\u2019s birthday, and yet his dad still hadn\u2019t heard from him, Stephen was thoughtful as he secretly entered the date into Leo\u2019s phone, allowing him to gain access.<\/p>

When Teddy returned to apologise to Jenny for his outburst, the pair planned to meet up for lunch to make a plan over Leo \u2013 but Stephen lurked outside and took sneaky photos of them together. At the Bistro, Teddy received a text from \u2018Leo\u2019 with an accompanying photo of him with Jenny, telling him that a mate had sent it to him.<\/p>\n

The message instructed Teddy not to contact him again, leaving Teddy and Jenny stunned as they worked out how to put Leo straight on the facts. Teddy decided to head out to Canada to see Leo, and when Stephen entered the Bistro under the guise of speaking to nephew Nick Tilsley (Ben Price), he intervened once more and tried to dissuade him.<\/p>\n

Stephen was soon sending another text as Leo, revealing that his job had been delayed for a while and he was going \u201coff-grid\u201d \u2013 so would not be contactable.<\/p>\n

In the Street, Stephen \u2018bumped into\u2019 Teddy yet again and casually remarked that if Teddy were to stay away, perhaps Leo would be more inclined to return when he\u2019s ready.<\/p>\n

Teddy agreed, leaving Stephen in the clear for now. But as he met up with estranged wife Gabrielle (Helene Maksoud), Stephen was confronted over the money he still owes her, and she urged him to fix his mess as he vowed to used the equity on mum Audrey Roberts\u2019s<\/a> (Sue Nicholls) house.<\/p>\n

Will anyone find out about Leo\u2019s fate? And will Stephen get away with conning poor Audrey?<\/p>\n

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