Coronation Street reveals Tim Metcalfe's grooming past

Coronation Street will confront a previously unseen episode in Tim Metcalfe’s past in next week’s episodes when an old flame returns and revelations about their teenage relationship prompt shock and accusations of grooming. The storyline unfolds when Tim, a taxi driver, recognizes a passenger as Trisha Pinkerton, whom he knew in the 1980s. Her appearance triggers a chain of confrontations involving his wife, friends, and colleagues.

The plot begins when Tim picks up Trisha as a fare and later spots her at the Rovers Return while out with his friends. Tim and his wife Sally are marking their anniversary, and Sally encourages Tim to join the pub gathering to help lift Kevin Webster’s spirits. Tyrone and Steve treat Trisha’s arrival lightly, but Kevin reacts with disapproval. The following day Sally encounters Trisha at the cab office and is angered to find Tim in her company after he missed their anniversary dinner.

As the encounters continue, Tim recounts to friend Brian Packham that he and Trisha became intimate in the 1980s when he was 14 and she was nearly 20. Brian confronts Trisha in the café and tells her that what happened amounted to grooming. Tim initially defends Trisha...