Man (Episode 9690/1)

The Man and his colleague were gangsters who were involved in a scheme to exploit the youth of murderer Clayton Hibbs who had been transferred from youth custody into Highfield Prison in January 2019 where he was serving time for the murder of Kylie Platt.

The gang terrified the youngster into cooperating with them and putting pressure on his mother Shona Ramsey to deliver drugs into the prison. She was freaked out after the other man, unbeknown to her, easily gained access to 8 Coronation Street in the middle of the night and took video footage inside the house, then posting a disc with his pictures of her and David Platt asleep in bed through the letterbox for her to watch.

The two men then surprised Shona alone in the shop refit for David and Nick Tilsley's barber shop refit where they tried to hand the scared girl a package containing cocaine packets but they were interrupted by Nick. Texting Shona to meet them on Nelson Street, she took the packet for a promise that Clayton would be left alone but she was staggered when they made it clear that they also had youngsters Max Turner and Lily Platt in their sights. A suspicious Nick had followed Shona to the assignation and persuaded her to summon the two men to the shop again where they were caught on CCTV talking about their delivery to Shona. With a threat of the police made to them, they left but made it clear that matters were far from over.