Roy Cropper (David Neilson)

[Perdita]

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Coronation Street's Roy Cropper is arrested next week as Lauren Bolton's disappearance becomes a murder investigation.

The ITV soap launches a big new storyline as the police realise there's more to Lauren's mysterious absence than meets the eye.

Lauren was last seen on Wednesday, February 21 when she told Roy that she was planning to leave Weatherfield for a fresh start. Roy was the last known person to see Lauren safe and well.

Bobby Crawford paid a visit to Lauren's empty flat shortly afterwards and became suspicious over her fate when she was nowhere to be seen.

Next week, potential traces of blood are spotted on the curtains at Lauren's old flat and the police start treating the case as a murder inquiry, led by DS Swain.

Vicky Myers, who plays Swain, told Digital Spy: "Roy ends up in the frame because Swain interviews Bobby and there are certain elements of that conversation that raise suspicion.

"Then Swain goes ahead and goes to interview Roy. Because of his honesty and slight vulnerability, she sees that he's almost too good to be true.

"It's quite cynical, as she's suspicious over Roy's support for Lauren and she wonders: 'Do people really genuinely go and help someone and be generous towards them like this?' It raises suspicion and it goes from there, really.

"There is evidence to support the theory. Once Swain and Tinker go to Lauren's flat, they're made aware that there's potentially some blood on the curtains.

"Scenes of Crime Officers are brought in to investigate and it's confirmed ? and there's also human tissue. So it escalates into that, really."

A few days before these worrying discoveries, Roy cleans the flat as a favour to Evelyn Plummer, who was sub-letting the property to Lauren.

This sparks suspicion that Roy could have been trying to clean up the crime scene for his own sinister reasons.

Vicky continued: "Swain doesn't know Roy and she doesn't care about Roy. Regardless of what anyone else says to her about him, she deals in facts and she's got to get to the bottom of this.

"Swain very much sees herself as 'the victim's voice'. So she's working at it from Lauren's perspective. She wants to know what's happened to her.

"Regardless of what anyone else says about this much-loved character on the Street, she doesn't care about that. That's of no interest to her whatsoever."

Roy is arrested in scenes airing on Friday, March 15 as Swain makes him the prime suspect in the police's investigation.

Asked whether Swain believes she has her man or if she has doubts, Vicky replied: "The evidence is there to suggest it. But I think for Swain, she's never met anybody like Roy before and it makes her feel quite uncomfortable.

"But it's not really for her to decide. Swain's job is to collate all of the evidence, corroborate everything and pass it onto CPS and then court. So she's just got to do her job and make sure she can get enough evidence as she possibly can.

"Regardless of what other people are saying and if they're championing Roy's corner, that's her job and she takes it seriously."

[lizann]

what evidence is there to arrest roy for lauren's murder also no body

[Perdita]

what evidence is there to arrest roy for lauren's murder also no body

Soapland police never need evidence to arrest anybody, especially if it is the wrong person

[lizann]

Soapland police never need evidence to arrest anybody, especially if it is the wrong person

always shown as totally incompetent idiots

[Perdita]

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Coronation Street has revealed further details of Roy Cropper's sad prison story, as he continues to face suspicion over the disappearance of teen Lauren Bolton.

After Lauren suddenly vanished earlier this year, Roy has been accused of her murder, and scenes later this week see him being taken into custody following an incident with a woman posing as Lauren's mum.

Things will take an even darker turn in scenes airing on Monday, April 15 and Wednesday, April 17, as Roy remains in police custody. After he and his solicitor Dee-Dee Bailey take their seats in the police interview room, Roy asks Dee-Dee for a piece of paper and an envelope and begins to write.

As the court hearing gets underway, the CPS barrister paints a picture of Roy as a murderer with a violent past. Much to Roy's dismay, they go into detail about his previous brushes with the law, including his assault on Gary Windass and historic abduction of foster child Wayne Hayes.

Later on, Nina Lucas, Evelyn Plummer and Carla Barlow await Roy's bail hearing. When Dee-Dee hurries over and hands Nina a letter from Roy, the trio are forced to fight back tears when they realise that Roy is convinced he's going to prison.

Unable to face sitting through the hearing, Evelyn heads back to the caf? to check on dog Freddie instead.

Back at the court, Dee-Dee presents her case and urges the judge to grant Roy bail. Sadly for Roy, the judge refuses the application and orders that he be held in custody until his murder trial arrives.

The next day, devastated Roy sits in his prison cell and turns away his breakfast, before refusing to leave the cell.

How will Roy cope in prison?

Roy and his loved ones have faced increasing amounts of pressure over the past few weeks following the public outcry against Roy.

This week sees Stu Carpenter attacked when he tries to investigate Lauren's disappearance himself in an attempt to clear Roy's name, while Roy's friendship with Sam Blakeman is also put under pressure when Sam is forced to lie in order to spend time with Roy.

Actor David Neilson has spoken out about Roy's devastating storyline, saying that his character is worried about the fact that "everything he does or says is being misinterpreted and he doesn't really have a voice".