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CLAIRE and Ashley Peacock will leave Coronation Street for good in a shock child abuse storyline.

The couple are being axed by new producer Phil Collinson - and their exit will be shrouded in scandal.

Claire is arrested when she babysits for Dev and Sunita Alahan - and they accuse her of physically abusing their son Aadi.

A source said: "Dev and Sunita leave Aadi at childminder Claire's, but when they collect him he has a head injury and is crying.

"They rush him to hospital and doctors suspect foul play, so call the cops."

Claire, played by Julia Howarth, 30, flees Weatherfield, but returns to clear her name - and it emerges that Aadi got the injuries in a fight with little Simon Barlow.

However she tells butcher Ashley, played by Steven Arnold, 35, that they must leave for good.

The source said: "She can't believe people could think she was to blame.

"This will be the end for Claire, Ashley and their sons. And there will be no way back."

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