Coronation Street has dropped a huge new hint over Joel Deering's (Calum Lill) murderer, and it's a much bigger shock than when we found out the villain was dead.

Coronation Street's Dee-Dee Bailey was seen wielding a crowbar in a flashback as she was revealed to be hiding a dark secret over her ex Joel Deering's death

Coronation Street has aired the first two flashback scenes in Joel Deering's murder mystery. The Weatherfield soap will be playing with time over the next few weeks, as viewers are kept on their toes over who killed Joel.

The flashbacks surrounding Joel Deering's (Calum Lill) murder began in the latest edition of Coronation Street, but despite some dodgy goings-on and plenty of motives, we're still none the wiser over the true culprit.

Coronation Street fans are convinced they know who killed Joel Deering - but believe it's "too obvious" for the character to be the murderer, as they fear they'll be sent to prison

Since his arrival on Coronation Street, Joel has made Lauren Bolton ’s ( Cait Fitton) life hell. After grooming her, he attacked her and left her for dead, and let Roy Cropper ( David Neilson) take the blame for her murder.

Coronation Street has revealed a big secret that Dee-Dee Bailey is keeping in Joel Deering's murder mystery. The latest visit to the cobbles, which airs on TV tonight and is already streaming on ITVX,

Coronation Street fans think a character who isn't currently onscreen could be making a comeback, and could be the person who killed Joel Deering on the ITV soap

Coronation Street fans have made their feelings clear about Joel Deering's death and have said 'there's no way' as two more suspects in Weatherfield's 'biggest-ever whodunnit' have been revealed. Viewers of the ITV soap know that The solicitor suddenly disappeared last month as he failed to show his face in court.