Coronation Street serial killer Stephen Reid’s lies unravel as Audrey Roberts makes a huge discovery

STEPHEN Reid's downfall finally begins next week, months after he first began to murderous havoc in the cobbles.

The Coronation Street serial killer runs the risk of being fully exposed after his mother Audrey Roberts makes a huge discovery.

After years away from Weatherfield, Stephen (played by Todd Boyce) returned and bonded with the Platts once again as a seemingly successful businessman.

However, it became clear to ITV viewers that Stephen was in fact struggling with his finances and he became determined to do whatever it took to get himself out of a tough spot.

This included murder and, in a matter of months, Stephen joined the list of Corrie's most ruthless serial killers after claiming three lives.

Yet his family have remained completely oblivious to his misdeeds and were only involved when his plot to kill off Elaine Jones and take her money was uncovered by Tim Metcalfe.

But this could all be about to change next week.

Coming up, Angelique breaks the news that she won’t be renewing the Nippersnapper contract but Stephen tells Carla Connor (Alison King), his niece Sarah Platt (Tina O'Brien) and Michael Bailey (Ryan Russell) a completely different story.

Tim Metcalfe (Joe Duttine) warns Sarah that Stephen is a liar who claimed he was coercively controlled by his former wife Gabrielle Reid before trying to pass her off as a business consultant for the factory.

The cabbie's mother Elaine made the shock discovery herself before ending her engagement with Stephen and leaving the cobbles. 

Later on, Audrey Roberts (Sue Nicholls) shows her daughter Gail Platt (Helen Worth) a statement from an equity release company and a phone call is made.

Audrey then shows the equity release letter to Sarah and wonders if it’s got anything to do with the visit she had from an estate agent which Stephen organised. 

Sarah takes some action of her own in later scenes after overhearing Stephen on the phone talking to Jenny Connor (Sally Ann Matthews) about the Rovers deal.

Wrongly assuming he’s talking to Angelique about the Nippersnapper deal, Sarah follows him.

Sarah finds him at the hotel and threatens to call the police believing he is about to pull a fast one on the deal. 

But there's more - when Carla meets up Lou, she is shocked to hear about Rufus dabbling with LSD.

The symptoms described to her resonate with Carla and she soon tells Roy Cropper (David Neilson) her symptoms were identical as she suspects someone might have drugged her.

Not convinced and believing she is suffering from paranoia again, Roy tells Peter about his concerns - despite Carla being right.

Is this the end of the line for Stephen?

Coronation Street airs every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 8pm on ITV.