Coronation Street‘s new villain Mick Michaelis is set to get involved in a nasty theft row with Debbie Webster.

The soap has begun a devastating storyline for Debbie this week as the character is set to be diagnosed with dementia, which will lead to her eventual exit from the soap.

Scenes airing tonight will show first signs that things aren’t right with Debbie’s memory, as she takes a call from the hotel revealing there’s an issue with the electrics.

She signs up Mick to help, though he tells her that it was part of a planned outage and that she was sent an email from the company – though Debbie is sure she never received it and refuses to pay him.

Mick tries to get his money again before Debbie hands him half, suggesting he whistle for the rest as he didn’t do anything. This leaves Mick furious, as Ronnie worries that she has messed with the wrong man.

In follow-on scenes airing next Tuesday, Mick gives Debbie an invoice for the remaining £150, though she tells him that she doesn’t intend to pay it.

𝑭𝒂𝒏𝒑𝒂𝒈𝒆 & 𝑾𝒆𝒃𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒆: 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬.𝙞𝒏𝙛𝒐

However, she realises her purse is missing, and accuses Mick of stealing it before Ronnie confronts him.

Is her hunch correct, and is the feud between Debbie and Mick going to escalate?

Debbie’s dementia storyline has provoked a backlash from some fans, with a petition launched urging Coronation Street to “reconsider” her exit, as Debbie is “a symbol of what makes Corrie unique: relatable characters with depth, humour, and a sense of family”.

𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 “𝑭𝒂𝒏𝒑𝒂𝒈𝒆 & 𝑾𝒆𝒃𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒆: 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠𝑛𝑒𝑤𝑠.𝑖𝑛𝑓𝑜” 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧-𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐞𝐬