Coronation Street's Carla Connor to be blackmailed by newcomer amid fans' hopes for romance

Carla Connor may have just met her match as Betsy Swain comes to disrupt her life in Coronation Street. The teen will start her work experience in upcoming scenes after it was revealed she is the daughter of DS Lisa Swain.

Viewers of the ITV soap first learnt Swain had a daughter in scenes aired last month. Despite Swain being the reason Carla Connor's friend Roy Cropper was behind bars, charged with the suspected murder of missing teen Lauren Bolton, Carla was seen being sympathetic to the stressed-out detective and mum.

Swain ended up opening up to Carla about the death of her partner Becky, also Betsy's mum, and how their relationship was fraught, on top of her trying to get to the bottom of Lauren's disappearance.

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In return for being a sympathetic ear, despite Carla lying about her nephew Bobby Crawford's false statement to the police about the night Lauren disappeared in a bid to help Roy, Swain encouraged the newly freed street stalwart to make amends with Carla before the Underworld boss offered Swain’s daughter some work experience.

When she gets into the factory, Carla and Fiz Dobbs are impressed with her machining skills. But it isn't long before Carla catches Betsy texting and confiscates her phone. But who is she texting?

Meanwhile, it's also been confirmed that the teen will turn the tables on Carla. In scenes to be aired in July, Carla comes across the group of yobs who were hassling Roy in the precinct and strides over to give them a piece of her mind. As Carla climbs into her car, one of the yobs cycles towards her and she opens her