Coronation Street‘s Theo Silverton and Todd Grimshaw are stunned by some unexpected news about scheming Noah Hedley next week.

The couple face a curveball, shortly after an important court hearing to determine future custody arrangements for Theo’s kids.

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When Theo arrives in court to face his estranged wife Danielle, Dee-Dee Bailey warns her client to keep his cool no matter what is thrown his way. However, Danielle’s barrister goes straight for the jugular as she brings up Theo’s less than savoury history…

“Danielle’s legal representative quizzes Theo about being violent,” reveals our Corrie insider. “She accuses him of assaulting Miles, so Theo responds by explaining that their altercation was an accident.

“While this is going on, Noah makes nasty comments under his breath, which Todd picks up on. And Todd becomes so furious with Noah that he ends up being escorted out of the court room by security.”

Having successfully wound up Todd, Noah makes no effort to hide the smug grin plastered across his face.

Soon after the court proceedings, Noah locates Theo and Todd in the Bistro, where he makes vile homophobic comments, as well as claiming that Danielle won’t back down.

Strategically, Theo refuses to give Noah the rise that he wants out of him, which leaves the bigoted bloke more agitated than ever. But when Danielle later shows up with shock news about Noah, what could it possibly be?

Later in the week, Todd admits to Maria Connor that he’s struggling to understand Theo’s reaction to the bombshell development involving Noah, because all the man did was make his life a living hell.

But unbeknown to Todd, Theo is close by and listening to his every word…

“Theo’s face suddenly darkens,” our source adds. “He’s clearly livid with Todd for talking about him to Maria.

“Now that we know Theo is an abusive, nasty man, it’s awful to think about how he could potentially react. It’d be heartbreaking to see Todd suffer any more than he already has.”