Coronation Street’s Toyah Battersby and Imran Habeeb could be on the rocks next week, as recent stresses – and Imran’s meddling ex-wife Sabeen – prepare to come between them.
The couple, who recently embarked on a fostering journey to foster the now imprisoned Kelly Neelan, could be over for good if Sabeen gets her way.
And another Corrie villain looks set to re-enter the cobbles, as drug lord Harvey could be freed from prison to exact revenge on Toyah’s sister Leanne.
Next week, Imran faces a test of his loyalty as his ex-wife asks him to join her on a lucrative appeal case, but he’s left shocked to hear the defendant is drug dealer Harvey Gaskell – the man who nearly ruined Leanne’s life.
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Imran refuses to be part of the appeal, but Sabeen is quick to remind him of what he got up to on the night of Kelly’s verdict and urges him to reconsider – leaving him fearing a blackmail plot could be afoot.
Sabeen is later forced to conceal her surprise when Imran sticks to his guns and is adamant that Harvey belongs in prison.
There’s another blow for Imran on Wednesday, as Kelly’s sentencing arrives and an impassioned Imran delivers his speech in court, begging the judge to consider Kelly’s troubled upbringing and mental health battle.
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Back home, Gary mentions to Toyah that Imran was spotted heading to a bar the night of Kelly’s guilty verdict, and the brunette bombshell is left perturbed to realise her boyfriend lied to her.
Sabeen reminds Imran how she helped him out on the night of the verdict, and Toyah clocks their intimacy – when they get back to the flat, she’s unable to hold her tongue and asks him outright if he’s cheating with Sabeen.
But will Imran come clean about his whereabouts that night?
Later that week, Imran tells Toyah he’s too busy with work to meet for lunch, so Michael suggests she surprise him at work with a takeaway.
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But when she arrives at the office, she’s further disturbed to hear Adam tell her he hasn’t been in the office all day and instead went to the Rovers.
An incensed Toyah marches over to the pub on a mission – but what will she find, and how will she deal with the fallout?
Eventually, Imran is forced to tell Toyah that he spent the night of the trial at Sabeen’s house, but insists nothing happened between them.
Sabeen backs him up, but she’s also intrigued as she’s fully aware Imran didn’t stay the whole night at her place – and makes it clear to Imran that she expects him to reconsider his decision not to work on Harvey’s appeal.
Imran feels awful when Toyah apologises for talking to Sabeen behind his back, and advocates for complete openness in the future – but Imran is left swallowing his terribly guilty secret.
It comes as some fans have wondered if Imran could have spent the night with Romanian beauty Alina Pop instead – and could even be the father of her baby.
Coronation Street airs Monday, Wednesday and Friday on ITV at 7.30pm
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
