Coronation Street's Colson Smith reveals 'peer pressure' from co-star before support for fresh move

Coronation Street's Colson Smith joked he was 'peer pressured' by his co-star to take part in a social media trend before she offered her support over his latest news. As fans of the ITV soap know, it's currently all about Roy Cropper being wrongly jailed for the murder of Lauren Bolton.

The teenager has been missing since the end of February and the cafe owner has been DS Lisa Swain's prime suspect since she started investigating the case. Lauren's disappearance, which was first discovered by her new love interest Bobby, soon became a murder probe and the beloved cafe owner was quickly placed in the frame.

DS Swain had him as her prime suspect after it was revealed as the last person to see Lauren alive - and misguidedly deep-cleaned Lauren’s flat after she mysteriously disappeared in a bid to help sub-letter Evelyn Plummer. His fingerprints were later discovered a condom wrapper found in Lauren's flat which he found when cleaning.

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Roy has since been charged with Lauren's murder - with her body yet to be found - and was refused bail with his future looking set to be behind bars. Following his imprisonment, Corrie's social media have been ramping up the 'Free Roy' campaign and some of the soap's stars have been seen sporting T-shirts branded with 'Roy Cropper is Innocent'.

But Colson found himself being roped into a TikTok video with co-star Lucy Fallon, who plays Bethany Platt, in which they could be seen both moving into punching positions towards one another. "Roy is innocent," appeared on screen as Lucy exacted her punches while it said: "Leave it to us,"