Coronation Street‘s Todd Grimshaw is left stunned tonight as he discovers that he’s set for a major payout following Theo Silverton’s death.

As speculation and theories continue to swirl over who could have killed Theo, an update on the villain’s life insurance threatens to cause all-out chaos.

Earlier this week, George Shuttleworth and Tracy Barlow couldn’t resist gossiping about how Theo’s ex-wife Danielle would be quids in thanks to the upcoming payout.

Desperate to divert attention from those close to him, George even speculated that this could be a motive for murder.

However, Wednesday’s episode sees Todd receive an unexpected phone call as he continues to stay at Sarah Platt’s place. He’s immediately speechless, unable to comprehend what he’s being told.

“That was the insurance company,” he tells Sarah afterwards. “Theo’s policy, it’s going to pay out to me.”

Corrie fans know that money was the last thing on Todd’s mind as he desperately tried to escape from Theo on the violent abuser’s last day alive. But with so many suspects in the frame, could people start pushing the wild theory that Todd knew about the payment and killed Theo to boost his bank balance?

Well, the short answer is yes. Thursday’s episode (28 May) sees Danielle make a fiery return as she publicly confronts Todd at the Bistro.

Never shy in speaking her mind, Danielle accuses Todd of murdering Theo for the life insurance cash.

Mary Taylor jumps to Todd’s defence and suggests that Danielle is the true culprit, which forces her to back off.

Of course, none of this bickering is helping poor Summer Spellman, who’s being held on remand after seemingly being wrongly accused of the crime. Will she ever be able to prove her innocence?