Coronation Street killer Clayton's dark past exposed as he returns in unexpected twist

This week on Coronation Street, Shona Platt, played by Julia Golding, is visited by the police who inform her that her son Clayton Hibbs, portrayed by Callum Harrison, is in hospital. Her husband David Platt, Jack P Shepherd's character, had recently received an email from Weatherfield Prison Services and was seen reaching for a letter when Shona walked in.

In future episodes, David shares with Nick Tilsley, Ben Price's character, about the visiting order he received from Clayton. Nick suggests that David should be honest with Shona as she will inevitably discover the truth, prompting David to devise a plan.

David later pays a visit to Clayton in prison, but it remains uncertain whether he will disclose this to Shona. Later in the week, David finds his wife in a distressed state as she reveals that she was visited by the police and informed that Clayton is in hospital.

Clayton and his step-brother Macca were introduced to the soap as friends of villains Callum Logan and Gemma Winter back in 2016. After discovering Callum's body under Kylie Platt's house, Paula Lane's character and mother to his son Max Turner, Clayton and Macca confronted her, oblivious to the fact that she had killed Callum months earlier in self-defence, reports Lancs Live.

Subsequently, the duo began to harass Gemma at her workplace, convincing her to accept fake notes from them when they purchased food from the kebab shop where she worked. However, the situation took a tragic turn when Clayton assaulted Gemma during a dispute, causing David's wife Kylie to intervene, only to be fatally stabbed by him.

Following his arrest, it was subsequently disclosed that Shona, who first appeared in December 2016, was Clayton's mother. She encountered David in a bar, unaware until later that his deceased wife Kylie was the woman her son had murdered.

David eventually discovered her 'true' identity. Clayton was later convicted of murder and received a sentence ranging from fifteen years to life.

In 2019, the plot took a dark twist when Clayton reached out to his mother via a contraband phone, informing her that the only way to stop his tormentors was for her to sneak drugs into the prison. The involved drug dealers didn't hesitate, breaking into No.

8 while the residents were sleeping and leaving a video of their intrusion with Shona as a warning that they could target her and her family at any time to pressure her into cooperation.

A few weeks on, Clayton was released from prison to attend his father Dean's funeral where Macca and his accomplices, posing as undertakers, planned to help him escape. After delivering an emotional eulogy in the church, Clayton joined the mourners at the graveside where, upon receiving a signal from Macca, the prison officers were assaulted and one of the fake undertakers freed Clayton's handcuffs with a bolt cutter.

The young man fled after he halted Macca's brutal attack on his mother with a spade. The following day, he reached out to his mother, pleading for her assistance as there was a bounty on his head and he requested her to drive him away from the vicinity.

She transported him to an abandoned house on Port Lane, delivering food and money the subsequent day. However, she had also informed the police, revealing her son's location but asserting that the call was his idea to minimise additional time added to his sentence.

Clayton responded with rage, taking her captive with a knife and revealing the shocking truth: he was the prison's drug dealer and orchestrator, with his father smuggling the substances in packets hidden in his rectum, leading to his death when one of them ruptured.

He issued a threat to the police, stating he would murder his mother within an hour if they failed to fulfil his demands. When the deadline arrived, he attacked her with the knife, but she managed to stab him, puncturing his bowel.

He was swiftly taken back to the hospital where he underwent surgery and was stabilised, prepared to be sent back to prison once fully recovered. However, his mother declared she would never see him again, having discovered his 'true' character after he showed no remorse for killing Kylie or causing Dane's death.

How will Shona respond to the news about Clayton being in hospital and will she forgive David for concealing her son's request from her?

Coronation Street is on ITV at 8pm Monday, Wednesday and Friday and available to stream from 7am on ITVX

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