UPDATE: |Corontation Street’s Betsy Swain ‘lashes out’ as she takes ‘revenge’ after Rob Donovan shooting News

As fans of the ITV soap know, Betsy was the victim of Rob’s hostage situation last month when the convicted murderer returned to the street

Betsy Swain will be out for ‘revenge’ in Coronation Street next week as he recent ordeal as a result of Rob Donovan’s return plays heavily on her mind. – and it could cause friction for one of the fans’ favourite couples.

Spoilers for upcoming scenes have revealed that in the café, Betsy rails at Tracy Barlow and then Carla Connor for endangering her life. The teen’s mum DS Lisa Swain tries to calm her down but Betsy storms out.

Later, Lauren Bolton finds Betsy destroying the contents of the florist van, as she tries to stop her Tracy approaches and in a panic Lauren sets off with Betsy in the van.

Soon after, in the precinct, Lauren and Betsy survey the smashed up van and as a panicky Lauren admits that she’s never passed her test, a police car pulls up nearby. Can the girls talk their way out of this one?

As fans of the ITV soap know, Betsy was the victim of Rob’s hostage situation last month when the convicted murderer returned to the street for one last confrontation with his sister Carla.

He returned and sought former fiancee Tracy’s help, who helped harbour the on-the-run criminal. Scared for her own life as Rob brandished a gun, Tracy did what he said and got Carla to No.1 Coronation Street where the hostage situation played out.

Taking a chance, Tracy ended up escaping and bumping into Lisa in the ginnel, they swapped places and Lisa found herself alongside girlfriend Carla. She tried to bide her time but Lisa soon pounced at tackled Rob for the gun but when it accidentally went off, it was soon revealed that Betsy had been shot in the arm and has since suffered paralysis.

Asked about Betsy’s feelings towards Carla and Tracy, actress Sydney Martin shared: “Betsy blames both Carla and Tracy for what happened and lashes out. Obviously Rob’s Carla’s brother, and from the sassy teenager point of view, it’s like, ‘Well it’s your fault because it’s your brother and your family’.

“I don’t think it’s necessarily coming from a malicious perspective towards Carla, I think it’s just coming from a childish point of view. And with Tracy, obviously she gave Rob a place to stay, so from her perspective, it’s Tracy’s fault.”

She added: “Betsy’s grasping at straws a little bit – she’s really angry and she wants to get back at Tracy. They have a little altercation in Roy’s, and the way that Tracy speaks to her isn’t nice. That’s the final straw for her and she thinks, ‘Right, payback’s coming!'”

Speaking about Betsy getting revenge on Tracy for harbouring Rob in the first place, Sydney went on: “I think it gets a bit out of hand. She wants to do something that is kind of harmless. She’s seen Tracy in the morning and she’s pushes her over the edge.

“So Betsy turns up at Preston’s Petals and she sees that Tracy’s there with the van and everything’s open, so she just thinks she’ll destroy a few flowers, pop a few balloons and annoy her back.

“It’s a very harmless prank, but she finds herself in a situation where she goes a little too far. She’s in the front of the van, and Roy comes along and says ‘what are you doing? You’re being stupid, calm down’. And then Tracy comes out and Betsy didn’t expect to see her, so she panics and calls Lauren in – who wants nothing to do with it, but has just found herself in the wrong place at the wrong time.”

Teasing how they may get out of the van crash, the soap newcomer added: “I think with Betsy and Lauren’s relationship, obviously there was all the Joel stuff where Betsy was involved with the pills that ended up being given to Lauren.

“So I think Betsy feels sorry for Lauren and she feels she owes Lauren something. Now she’s dragged Lauren into this situation, so she’ll try her best not to get Lauren involved. But who knows? Lauren’s still done it, she’s still done the crime.”