Corrie’s Jack P Shepherd hits out as new Todd Grimshaw revealed

Bruno Langley was sacked as Todd three years ago following sexual assault conviction

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Coronation Street bosses have announced that Todd Grimshaw will return to the cobbles after recasting the role and Jack P Shepherd has had something to say.

Back in 2017, Bruno Langley was sacked from the show following sexual assault accusations which he later pleaded guilty to.

As a result of Bruno's axing, Todd Grimshaw was quickly written out of Weatherfield. He attempted to leave the cobbles with his foster child Summer - aka Billy's goddaughter - after her nan Geraldine tried to gain custody of her.

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Bruno was axed from the show in 2017 ©Getty Images

They were then tracked down by the police and after assaulting a police officer, Todd ran off on his own.

Fast forward three years and ITV bosses have confirmed that Todd is returning but a new actor (Gareth Pierce) will be taking on the role.

"First look at runaway Todd Grimshaw as he returns to Weatherfield almost 3 years after disappearing from the cobbles," they wrote on Instagram.

Lots of Corrie's followers were quick to joke about the character having a complete different face with one person writing, "Quite the transformation".

Someone else said, "Do you think his mum will notice that he's had a face transplant?"

Another commented, "Must have gone to the same surgeon as Nick [Tilsey]".

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A hangry Steve storms out, later returning to the café with a packet of sausages, demanding they make him a sandwich with them.

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He's even more suspicious when she let's slip that she found it in the woods and that Gary had seemed keen to get his hands on it.

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Later on, Adam tells Imran that he's more sure than ever that Gary killed Rick and vows to get to the bottom of what's been going on.

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Meanwhile, Sarah is done with questioning and Craig hands back her belongings, with the missing watch included.

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But she's soon rumbled when Adam catches her handling the watch and demands to know everything she knows about Gary and Rick.

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Alya tells Sally that she's thinking of selling her half of Speed Dahl in order to put some distance between her and Geoff, but Sally has a better idea.

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Later on Alya propositions Geoff with buying him out but a stubborn Geoff refuses to sell up, reluctant to lose his grip over Yasmeen.

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Alya forsees Geoff's reaction and soon she's taking great delight in telling him that Sally has offered her the money he gave her and Tim for the wedding,

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A furious Geoff lays into Sally and says that Tim will always pick him over her because blood is thicker than water and she shouldn't try to get in between them.

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Later on Sally is forced to apologise to Tim for offering Alya without consulting him but that it was Yasmeen's money anyway. But has the damage already been done?

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At number 5, Chesney runs down the stairs in his pants with a shirt covered in baby sick but is mortified to find Gemma at the laptop...

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... live streaming her latest blog. Chesney is gutted convinced he'll soon be a laughing stock, but Gemma is distracted by a friend request.

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Gemma accepts the request from an account under VAN87 and agrees to a video chat, but soon learns the account belongs to Vanessa from the baby group.

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Vanessa wants to extend an olive branch and rekindle their friendship. Despite everyone else's warnings, Gemma decides to meet up with Vanessa.

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Jack was quick to defend the show ©Getty Images

However Jack P Shepherd - aka David Platt - was forced to defend the actor and the show after one person claimed the ITV show "never even try to hire their recast to look anything like the original actor".

"In my experience that never works you end up casting someone with [the] same colour hair/eyes, same teeth etc over acting capability, and the best actor/actress for the role misses out".

Well said, Jack.

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Todd will be seen onscreen in the autumn but Corrie bosses have teased that some of the residents will hear from him as soon as next week - August 19.

It all kicks off when Mary Taylor and Sean Tully discover a letter from Todd as who is asking for money. It's not long before Todd's ex Billy Mayhew joins forces with the pair and try to track him down.

In months to come he finally breaks cover much to the relief of his mum Eileen Grimshaw and friends but where has Todd been hiding, why does he need money and why doesn't he want to be found?

Speaking about joining the soap, Gareth has said, "I’m thrilled to be joining such an iconic show, and to have been entrusted with taking Todd forward into some really exciting storylines.

"It’s an honour to be part of the dedicated Coronation Street team in such unprecedented times."

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