Kidnap plot for Coronation Street

Roy and Hayley Cropper are set to go on the run with a foster child in a forthcoming Coronation Street plot.

The couple will kidnap 12-year-old Wayne, who they used to care for, to save him from his abusive stepfather.

In the episodes to be screened next month, Wayne tells the Croppers he is being beaten by his stepfather Alex.

Roy attempts to bribe him with £5,000 while the rest of the Street residents are at Alma's funeral on June 20.

That doesn't work so the couple start scheming their runaway plot.