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Coronation Street favourite Hayley Cropper will be assaulted by her long-lost son, in scenes to be broadcast on the ITV1 soap next month.

The transsexual factory worker, played by Julie Hesmondhalgh, will soon discover that she fathered Christian 20 years ago when she was a man. After learning about the shocking family secret, Hayley finds her son with help from a private investigator, but decides to pretend that she is his aunt.

However, Hayley struggles to cope with the guilt of lying to Christian (Andrew Turner), and eventually arranges to meet him at a remote beauty spot to break the news. Stunned by her revelation, Hayley's son lashes out, brutally attacking her.

A source told The Sun: "Christian is utterly devastated. He believed her when she said she was his aunty and had accepted her as a new part of his family. But once she comes clean, he can't control his anger and just lashes out at her. It's a pretty gruesome scene - and there is plenty of blood."

[Loukas]

exiting

[Noopie]

Poor Hayley!!

[Loukas]

i have seen the pics in the paper she will be fine...

[Scarlett.]

but she is still beaten half to death by her own son
poor Harold

[Callum]

Aw, poor Hayley! I hope she don't get killed off..

[Scarlett.]

Theres a few pictures on The Sun Online

[cepb]

This will be an amazing story line when it happens. I can't wait!!!!!

[stacey]

oo sounds a good storyline feel a bit sorry for hayley though but if you found out your dad was a woman pretending to be your aunt i think you'd be a bit angry not angry enough to nearly kill her though

[Scarlett.]

but, Christian has grown up without a dad, and now he finds out his dad is his mum (kind of)

[cepb]

I didn't think of Hayley Cropper as the kind of person to have one night stands like that, not even when she was a man.

[Scarlett.]

She was probably seeing if she enjoyed being a male, to discover her sexuality (and accidentaly got the woman preggers)

[Legend]

It's pointless putting ''Spoilers'' in the title if the spoiler itself is also in the title.

Change it so it doesn't spoil it for other people.

[Wasted]

Originally posted by Legend
It's pointless putting ''Spoilers'' in the title if the spoiler itself is also in the title.

lol that's exactly what I was going to say!

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Changed the title