{"id":35105,"date":"2023-07-21T22:00:15","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T20:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1860695"},"modified":"2023-07-23T04:54:14","modified_gmt":"2023-07-23T02:54:14","slug":"coronation-streets-stephen-lives-to-kill-another-day-but-elaine-has-lucky-escape","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/coronation-streets-stephen-lives-to-kill-another-day-but-elaine-has-lucky-escape\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronation Street\u2019s Stephen lives to kill another day \u2013 but Elaine has lucky escape"},"content":{"rendered":"

His first failed victim. <\/p>

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

2023-07-21 20:00:15<\/p>

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Serial killer Stephen Reid (Todd Boyce) recovered from his brush with death in tonight\u2019s Coronation Street<\/a> (21st July), as Elaine Jones (Paula Wilcox) had a lucky escape from him.<\/p>\n

This week, Elaine and her son Tim Metcalfe (Joe Duttine) were horrified to discover Stephen\u2019s fraudulent life insurance claim for her, and a scuffle with Tim landed Stephen in hospital<\/a> with a serious head injury. CCTV placed Tim at the scene, and he was arrested.<\/p>\n

After spending the night in a cell, Tim was released pending further investigation \u2013 but Stephen\u2019s mum Audrey Roberts (Sue Nicholls) suspected there was more to the situation. She was unaware that, far from Elaine being the suspicious party as she thought, Stephen was to blame.<\/p>\n

Soon, Stephen was waking up in hospital, and before long, police officer Craig Tinker (Colson Smith) called round to see Tim again, revealing that Stephen was awake. Stephen had claimed the whole thing was an accident and that he had slipped and banged his head.<\/p>

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It was clear that the police knew there was more to it, but they were still dropping their investigation, much to Tim and Elaine\u2019s relief.<\/p>\n

Audrey and daughter Gail Rodwell (Helen Worth) then dropped by, and Gail urged Audrey to apologise for her behaviour. But Sally, knowing that Tim was actually responsible for Stephen\u2019s injury, felt awkward.<\/p>\n

Elaine headed off to visit Stephen, intent on finding out why he had lied to the police. Stephen gallantly claimed he had done so for Elaine, and went on to defend himself from her accusations over the life insurance policy.<\/p>\n

But Elaine told Stephen that she couldn\u2019t trust him, so their relationship was over for good. Back with Tim and Sally, Elaine was glad to draw a line under the ordeal; while we saw Stephen alone, hastily cancelling the insurance policy in both their names. But who will he set his sights on next?<\/p>\n

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