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Coronation Street fans 'uncover' who is setting up DS Lisa Swain and who finds out
by Jessica Sansome · Manchester Evening NewsCoronation Street fans think they have 'uncovered' who is setting up DS Lisa Swain for Joel Deering's murder. Weatherfield's biggest whodunnit is still underway after the solicitor's body was found last month.
As we kicked off a new week in Weatherfield, Joel’s murder remains unsolved and the police are coming under pressure to get a result. As fans of the ITV soap know, Joel, played by Calum Lill, first went missing at the end of September. The news was revealed when he failed to show up to court where it was thought that he'd face comeuppance for some of his twisted crimes.
But after transferring money to Lauren Bolton, his grooming victim and now the mother of his son Frankie, and his ex-wife Emily, as well leaving an emotional voicemail for his former fiancée Dee-Dee Bailey, it was believed Joel may have taken his own life after his car was found abandoned.
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Not long afterwards, the case became a murder investigation after Joel's body was found floating down a river. However, it was confirmed he'd been killed with a heavy weapon before entering the water and several people have since been put in the frame.
Joel’s wronged ex Dee-Dee Bailey (Channique Sterling-Brown), her dad Ed (Trevor Michael Georges) and Uncle Ronnie (Vinta Morgan) are all on the suspects list. Bad boy Mason Radcliffe (Luca Toolan) also found himself in the frame along with DS Lisa Swain (Vicky Myers),who was removed from the case after Joel’s involvement with her daughter Betsy was revealed, and the detective investigating the mystery himself DC Kit Green (Jacob Roberts).
But during Monday night's Corrie (November 11), during another revealing flashback viewers saw Carla (Alison King) leaving the factory on the night Joel disappeared. At first viewers thought she herself may have something to hide but as she calls out to someone, viewers were shocked this time to see for the first time that it was Max Turner (Paddy Bever) and Lauren Bolton (Cait Fitton) outside in the dead of night putting a suitcase into the boot of David Platt's car.
The significance of the flashback emerged as Carla panicked for Lisa, who had earlier been arrested by Kit in the Rovers Return on suspicion of Joel's murder after her CS spray was found alongside a bloodied brick thought to be the new murder weapon. As Carla pleaded Lisa's case to Roy Cropper, Ed claimed there was more to come to light after Dee-Dee, who confessed to hitting Joel with a crowbar but left him alive, said she'd confronted Joel after seeing him doing a runner with a suitcase in tow.
But Corrie fans think the Lauren could be setting up Lisa for a crime she committed - and they shared how they also think may expose her plan. @ltihfan said: "Carla FB seeing Lauren & Max? Been thinking Lauren has been playing both sides?! Pretending to be grateful to Lisa/not telling Kit things, while making public displays of Betsy's Joel link- fuelling ideas of Lisa's motives?! #Corrie #WhoKilledJoel."
@63Mason commented: "I think Lauren killed Joel because she was the one that stole DS Swain’s Captor Spray what DC Kit is on about #Corrie." @muwfc_kaz wrote: "Lauren and max framing lisa as payback for what betsy did for joel???? i’m calling it ! #corrie." @swarlalove added: "Maybe bobby is going to realise that lauren and max are hiding something from him, and in his jealousy he's going to find out what and then tell carla. he hates being the third wheel #corrie."