A horrific incident at Coronation Street’s Weatherfield High School recently left some of the pupils deeply traumatised.

Mick Michaelis (Joe Layton) broke out of prison and headed to the school to get his daughter Joanie (Savanna Pennington), who was there for an open day.

Mick is, of course, well known in the local area, initially for being a trouble-making neighbour but more recently for being a murderer. He killed beloved local resident and police officer Craig Tinker (Colson Smith) in cold blood when Craig tried to arrest him.

So when he appeared at the school, his presence was terrifying. Lily Platt (now played by Grace Ashcroft-Gardner) spotted him in the locker room and fled for the safety of a classroom.

Sam Blakeman (Jude Riordan) then saw Mick walking towards him and panicked. He turned to the room where Lily had just gone, but the door was locked and a frantic Sam couldn’t get in.

For Sam it must have also made him think of his mum, Natasha Blakeman (Rachel Leskovac), who was shot by Harvey Gaskell (Will Mellor) after he escaped from prison.

Following the ordeal, Nick (Ben Price) tried to talk to Sam about what happened, but Sam wasn’t very forthcoming. He did describe how Lily had hidden in the classroom and wouldn’t let him in, something that angered Nick and sent him off to have it out with Lily’s father, David (Jack P Shepherd).

Toyah (Georgia Taylor) and Nick hoped that Sam would easily get over his ordeal at the school, but that seemed not to be the case as Sam worriedly searched the internet for any mentions of Mick, desperate to know he was safely in custody.

In upcoming episodes it’s Audrey (Sue Nicholls)’s birthday, and the Platts all gather at the bistro for a celebration tea. Sam, however, can’t cope and hides away in the office in a state of panic.