LEANNE Battersby in ambulance horror as Simon finds her unconscious after taking too many sleeping pills.
Leanne packed her bags and told Nick she was moving to France to escape her grief following her son Oliver’s death from mitochondrial disease.
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But now it has been revealed that Leanne never went to France – and has instead been hiding away in her flat.
Episodes of Coronation Street set to air in the new year will see Leanne feel increasingly rotten as she struggles to get any sleep.
Viewers will see grieving Leanne reach out to doctors and request sleeping pills.
When she refuses to go in for an appointment, a concerned Dr Gaddas calls at the flat and is dismayed by the state of things.
Leanne eventually admits to Dr Gaddas that she’s been pretending to be in France to avoid everyone.
Dr Gaddas arranges sleeping tablets for Leanne and an appointment.
Later in the week, Simon prepares for his date with Kelly but is horrified to find Leanne passed out on the sofa next to a bottle of pills and calls an ambulance.
Leanne is mortified and insists she just took too many sleeping pills but had no intention of harming herself.
Simon is horrified to learn she never went to France and has been hiding alone in her flat for weeks.
Simon calls Kelly and apologises for missing their date before telling Leanne that it’s his turn to look after her.
When Nick calls round asking about the ambulance, Simon covers for Leanne.
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