Coronation Street fans work out when Joel Deering will be 'exposed' as key date revealed

Coronation Street fans think they have worked out exactly when Joel Deering will be 'exposed' after they saw his true colours in shocking scenes. Viewers of the ITV soap have known the solicitor is a wrong'un for a while but they saw the extent of his sinister ways following Lauren Bolton's return.

The teen was presumed dead after she suddenly disappeared from Weatherfield back in February. It was then revealed in May, three months after Lauren was last seen alive, that it was Joel who was behind her disappearance - not Roy Cropper as DS Lisa Swain decided when she charged him with Lauren's murder.

After making a swift exit from Roy's homecoming, after he was finally released from prison, Joel was met by Hope Stape who handed him a necklace that she found in his car when cleaning it, which viewers recognised belonged to Lauren. Then, a flashback clip revealed him to be Lauren's secret 'boyfriend' and saw him brutally attack her with a chair leg.

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Viewers have since been left in the dark over whether Lauren survived the horrifying beating and it was confirmed that she had when she appeared by Roy's bedside in the hospital after he suffered a heart attack following a fresh confrontation with a group of yobs who targeted him over Lauren.

However, as she tried to make an exit from the hospital, she was grabbed by Joel who covered her mouth to cover her screams and dragged her into a family room where the truth about what happened between the pair before the shock attack was uncovered.

In flashback scenes scattered throughout their intense confrontation, it was revealed that Joel first met Lauren at the police station when he was the duty solicitor. He said he'd be her 'knight in shining armour' and it wasn't long before he was supplying her with cash to help pay her bills.

But their relationship turned sexual, with Joel expecting to sleep with Lauren in return for his cash and other gifts. On the day she vanished, Joel lashed out violently at Lauren following a mention of his current fiancée, Dee-Dee Bailey.

Joel was seen desperately trying to convince Lauren he tried to help her but as he again went to hit her, she revealed she was pregnant with his child. He tried to offer his help and support but the mum-to-be was again left making a dash for her life out of the hospital and into a taxi, just as Joel gave chase.

With Lauren seemingly gone again, Corrie fans were left predicting when the truth about Joel's sinister ways will come to light. And after recent spoilers revealed that Joel will set his and Dee-Dee's wedding date for September 27, they think there is only one option.

@JamieSummersTV said: "Joel sets the wedding date next week. I bet it's the wedding episode it all comes out #Corrie." @Katie_Murphy776 commented: "It'll all be revealed on Joel and Dee Dee's wedding day lol #Corrie." @RyanTheSoapking wrote: "Joel is pure evil. I hope it all comes out on his wedding day to Dee Dee. #Corrie."

@HazelbytheCoast shared: "If #Corrie writers don’t give us a Dee Dee and Joel quick wedding with Lauren turning up to stop it I’ll be fumin!" @itzzzo_ echoed: "Would be great if Lauren saved ar Dee Dee and revealed all on the wedding day! #Corrie." @kellycrumpton94 added: "Honestly my heart DROPPED when that hand slide into the doorway of the lift but i’m so so glad she got away from him. See you at the wedding hun#coronationstreet #corrie."