Coronation Street fans disgusted at Jacob’s cruel jibes about Leanne’s dead son Oliver
CORONATION fans were left disgusted at drug dealer Jacob’s cruel jibes about Leanne Battersby’s dead son Oliver tonight.
Leanne – who is played by Jane Danson in the ITV soap – lost her son Oliver to an incurable form of mitochondrial disease only last year.
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But in tonight’s episode, troubled teen Jacob enjoyed twisting the knife in the wound as Leanne tried to stand up to him.
As Jacob tried to get Simon to join him for breakfast at Roy’s, Leanne reminded Simon he was late for college.
Not liking Leanne’s interference, Jacob told her: “He’s sacking that off today.”
Leanne calmly said: “No he isn’t. And I was talking to my son.”
The thug replied: “Sorry how does that work again?”
Turning to Simon, he sneered: “She’s not your proper mum is she?
Leanne told him: “Oh I’m Simon’s mum alright.”
Jacob smiled and said: “Nah, that lad that died. That was your kid weren’t it?”
At that Leanne saw red and lunged at Jacob, ordering him to get out of her house.
But as she reached out to grab him, she knocked over Oliver’s music box and cried out in horror.
Simon told her he could fix it, before getting rid of Jacob by telling him he’d come by the chippy later.
Leanne then slumped to the floor in tears, picking up the pieces of Oliver’s music box.
Simon told her: “You can’t keep losing it like that, it’s embarrassing.”
He added: “Jacob’s the reason we can still afford to live here.”
Fans were devastated for Leanne and flocked to Twitter.
One said: “Jacob is so gonna grow up to be a misogynist who will commit crimes against women. The signs are there.”
Another added: “How is Simon letting him talk his mother like that”
A third chimed in: “Having demonstrated that it is very good at creating exceptionally vile characters, #Corrie could do with stepping back. Jacob is just too much to digest so soon after Geoff.”
Later, Carla took matters into her own hands after Leanne went running to Simon’s dad Peter for help.
It all kicked off as Carla cornered Jacob and ordered him to stay away from Simon.
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She told him: “You might be able to intimidate Leanne, but you do not scare me.”
But Carla began to look unsettled as Jacob warned her to keep shtum.
He threatened: “I don’t think you’re going to do anything, because if you did, you might regret it. Or simon or his loser dad or his messed up mum.”
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