Mirror.co.uk – By Brian Roberts
This is the dramatic moment Corrie’s Hayley Cropper gives her long-lost son the mother of all surprises – and reveals she is actually his dad.
After hiring a private eye to find Christian Gatley, transsexual Hayley initially tells him she merely knew his father.
But under pressure from husband Roy, she meets Christian again and comes clean.
However, the day ends in terror when, after the boy gets over his shock, he explodes in brutal fury and batters her.