John Stape - The Grim Reaper

CORRIE serial killer John Stape is to turn serial kidnapper when he heads back to the cobbles - snatching Rosie Webster for the SECOND time.
The bookie is currently on the run after wife Fiz was banged up while she awaits trial for his crimes, including three killings.

But the baddie, played by Graeme Hawley, will return to the Street in October - when he tries to sneak back without being spotted by locals.

When wannabe fashion designer Rosie spots him, he grabs her in order to stop her blowing his cover.

Victim ... Rosie Webster
Stape has already served time for kidnapping Rosie, played by Helen Flanagan, after having an affair with her.
An insider at the ITV1 soap told TV Biz: "John has been known for his murders before but he now becomes a serial kidnapper as well.

"He snatches Rosie after it looks like she is going to let on he is back."

Earlier this year Stape held the parents of his fiancée Charlotte Hoyle hostage in a cellar for days, along with Fiz's stallholder brother Chesney Brown. The psychopath decides to sneak back to Weatherfield in order to burst into the courtroom when seamstress Fiz (Jennie McAlpine) stands trial.

He will then sensationally confess to murdering Colin and Joy Fishwick - as well as Charlotte. In his absence, Fiz has been accused of the three killings. Stape fled the Street in May after making a dramatic getaway despite being cornered by cops on a hospital roof. He plunged 30ft but avoided serious injury and managed to escape.

Corrie fans will learn later this year that Stape fled to his homeland Ireland and has been living rough.

But he has managing to keep track of Fiz's case through newspapers.