Coronation Street star teases true identity of Gary's attacker in 'revenge twist'

There could be a revenge twist looming on Coronation Street as the identity of who attacked Gary Windass is set to come to light.

Maria Connor will be left concerned over her husband's disappearance in upcoming scenes when she realises something bad has happened. What she doesn't know though is Gary is in a coma in hospital after being attacked.

While we know Nina Lucas and Summer Spellman are linked to the crime, we have no clue yet as to who committed the assault. That said, spoilers have confirmed Gary's attacker is covering their tracks, even pretending to be his next of kin as he remains in a coma.

The mystery person has given the hospital a fake identity for Gary too, so Maria and his loved ones have not been informed. Ahead of their identity being revealed to viewers, Maria actress Samia Longchambon has teased what's really happened to the character.

Ahead of Maria hunting for her missing husband and then eventually finding out he's been in hospital, the actress teased who could be behind it. She shared: "Maria’s mind is spiralling now but she doesn’t stop for a second to think who actually attacked him and put him in a coma.

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"She’s aware Gary has got a lot of enemies from over the years who could have potentially wanted to take revenge on him." So could Gary's attack be a mystery revenge plot, and is it someone from his past?

Maria will turn to detective Kit Green in upcoming episodes, sure something is terribly wrong. Determined to find him, Samia teased Maria could take matters into her own hands to figure out what has happened.

After an unknown coma patient is found, Maria will be told by Kit that it isn't Gary. On what's ahead, Samia spilled: "I think she feels comfort that Kit has assured her that he’ll do everything he can to find Gary, but that absolutely wouldn’t stop Maria from doing everything she can to find him."

The news about the coma patient not being Gary leaves Maria with mixed emotions as she fears her husband could be dead. Samia explained: "When Maria learns that Gary isn’t the coma patient, she is with Kit and confides in him that she knows it’s awful but she actually wishes it was him just so she knew where he was.

"It’s bittersweet for Maria because she’s of course glad Gary isn’t in a coma, although little does she know he actually is, but at the same time she’s worried even more now because her fear is he could be in a worse condition or even dead." The disappearance came after Maria and Gary rowed over Lou, while Maria is yet to discover how Lou tried to kiss him before blackmailing him before he left to visit his mother Anna Windass.

But amid her initial thoughts on Gary staying away because of their drama, something leads to Maria panicking. Samia said: "It was definitely when Gary misses Liam’s birthday that Maria starts getting really panicked and nervous.

"She was obviously worried before where he was because he had been gone a long time and was ignoring her messages and phone calls and thought they would have sorted it out long before that. But as soon as he misses Liam’s birthday she absolutely has a gut feeling that something isn’t right and thinks something awful might have happened to him."

She went on: "She’s really upset that he’s gone but it’s not until he’s been gone too long that she realises something is really wrong and is even more worried. Her emotions turn from being upset about the fact that they’ve fallen out to being worried about his safety."

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