Fans of Coronation Street were intrigued as DS Lisa Swain finally came clean about the origins of her mysterious bruises. After last month's grim discovery of Joel Deering's body in the river and subsequent confirmation that foul play, not natural causes, ended his life, suspicion veered towards DS Swain - especially when conspicuous marks surfaced on her. The puzzle of Joel's death intensified with a plethora of questions: Who was the perpetrator? Grilled over the bruises decorating her back and side, and her use of painkillers prescribed right after Joel's death emerged, DS Swain became a prime suspect.
Betsy, Lisa's daughter, had her doubts fanned into flames upon learning her mother wasn't working, as she initially claimedbut was instead out and about on that fatal evening. Lisa disclosed the events leading to her injuries, telling Carla: "I got itchy feet waiting for uniform to find Joel so I went looking for him. I didn't find him but what I did see is some bloke trying to snatch this woman's bag.
"Then he got in his car. I was trying to clock the registration plate and he clipped me on the side as he drove off. Hence the cracked ribs.
I didn't report it because I just - I didn't want to be made to have time off." The detective later shared with Carla, during an intimate conversation, why she concealed the truth from Betsy about what transpired that night. "Because her mother died on duty.
Becky was chasing an assailant and he jumped into a getaway car. She tried to giv.
