CLEARED Michael Le Vell has been portrayed as a victim of crime in his Coronation Street comeback.
Michael, found not guilty of sex offences last year, will come face to face with the police again in his first explosive storyline.
But he will be in the role of a victim of a street theft.
The star returned this week after almost a year away fighting to clear his name of the child sex charges.
And scriptwriters have plunged his character, garage mechanic Kevin Webster, into an intriguing plot.
While Michael, 49, was given a warm welcome back, the same cannot be said for his character.
Kevin has to call the police after he is robbed of some important valuables.
In some of his first scenes back on the Manchester-based soap, Kevin is seen telling Rita Tanner how his bags were stolen. Kevin’s long absence is explained by being away looking after his sick dad.
On the show, Kevin tells Rita: “I’ve called the police, they’re going to be here in a bit.”
Rita, played by Barbara Knox, 80, is shocked that he has been the victim of a crime but admits the street been has hit by a “mini-crimewave” while he has been away.
And, in another plotline, she ruffles his feathers when she talks about his love rival Tim Metcalfe, who is living with his ex Sally. She tells him: “I don’t know what’s wrong with people these days, though saying that we have had a mini-crimewave round her recently.
“A builder’s van got broken into, then there were two burglaries on the next street and one at your Sally’s, which I’m sure she’s told you about.
“From what I hear Tim’s hurt but he scared them off.”
Kevin is annoyed by the reference to Tim and coldly replies: “I suppose I’ve got something to thank him for, then.”
Kevin will soon be involved in a love war over Sally, played by Sally Dynevor, 50.
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