THIS week, the residents of Coronation Street learnt the sad news that fan favourite Les Battersby had passed away,
seemingly in a work place accident.
But as Les’s family gathered to hear a hilarious, yet moving, will reading at Adam Barlow’s office, fans were already connecting the death to recent events on the cobbles.
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Les’s death had already raised suspicions when his family were offered £50,000 by his former employer if the family accepted the death as an accident and signed an NDA.
Whilst there were raised eyebrows amongst the Battersby clan it was Les’s Stepson Chesney who most vocally challenged the news.
With the abattoir unwilling to give the family any more information about exactly how Les died, the family were more suspicious than excited at the prospect of a payout.
Chesney was convinced that if the abattoir was offering that kind of money out of hand then there must be something far more dodgy afoot.
Even his mother-in-law, Bernie, could see past the money to the mystery behind it.
For Chesney his week went from bad to worse as it seems the attentions he attracted of a strange stalker in a van has followed him back to Coronation Street after an earlier carpark altercation.
As the suspicious van’s activity intensified and Chesney spotted it sitting outside his home at number five, fans took to socials to draw a connection between the recent big events in Chesney’s life.
One viewer posed the question: “”So is the mystery man in the van who has been hassling Chesney connected to Les being killed at work?”
Other fans agreed saying: “Maybe ‘Van Man’ Killed Les.” And “”Right so now that van could be some butcher b******s trying to intimidate Les’ nearest and dearest.”
Some even thought the mystery van driver could be Chesney’s own mum: “All this mention of Cilla makes me think she’s either the van man or she has something to do with Les’s dodgy will.”
It seems that fans are convinced that whoever is behind the wheel of the mysterious van they think they had a hand in Les’s death.
Corrie has said goodbye to several cast members this year. Let’s break down who’s left the famous soap:
Eliza Woodrow (Savannah Kunyo) has said farewell to Corrie to start a new life in Germany.
The youngster moved to live with her dad Dom Everett, who went back on the £10,000 bribe Eliza’s grandfather Stu had offered to keep him out of her life.
Paul Foreman (Peter Ash) will bow out of the soap this summer when he loses his fight with motor neurone disease (MND) in tragic scenes.
After being diagnosed last year, the fan favourite was devastated to learn he only had months left to live.
Viewers know he is planning to take his own life to end his suffering.
Summer Spellman (Harriet Bibby) departed the cobbles after being offered the opportunity of a lifetime to study in America.
Though she struggled to decide with her stepdad Paul’s impending death from MND, she was convinced she had to live her life to the full.
Simon Barlow (Alex Bain) has struggled with the sudden departure of his father Peter from the cobbles.
The Weatherfield legend left his family and loved ones behind on Boxing Day, 2023, when his wife Carla Connor encouraged him to travel around the world with a friend.
Simon’s been on a downward spiral ever since and his exit could end in tragedy.
Alya Nazir is set to leave the cobbles as actress Sair Khan prepares to go on maternity leave ahead of the birth of her first child.
It looks likely she’ll be heading to Dublin after securing a lucrative new job, leaving her colleague and fling Adam Barlow behind.
Show stalwart Sue Cleaver, who plays Eileen Grimshaw, is taking a break to star in the Sister Act The Musical UK tour. She will be back filming in May once her dates on the tour come to an end.
Her character left the Street after her son Jason broke his back after falling off a moped in Asia.
