Coronation Street spoilers - Pat Phelan's first victim CONFIRMED
The soap villain was not impressed in tonight's double bill when Daniel Osbourne (played by Rob Mallard) began digging into his past and the property scam, which caused the Grimshaws to lose money last year.
After giving the student reporter a stern warning that he was pushing his luck, Phelan (Connor McIntyre) came up with a solution to put an end to the investigation once and for all.
In the closing moments of the ITV soap, he revealed to his captor Andy Carver (Oliver Farnworth) that he would allow him to leave the basement he has been holding him in but on one condition.
Phelan told him: "Things have changed. It's not so easy for me out there anymore.