Wayne Hayes in Coronation Street was – for a short while – part of Roy and Hayley Cropper‘s family.
The couple fostered the lad for a short time, until things went wrong. Very wrong! In fact, the Croppers almost ended up in prison, and were blacklisted from fostering again.
So what caused all the drama?
Hayley and Roy’s fostering journey – Who is Wayne Hayes?
Roy and Hayley wanted to be parents and applied to take on foster kids. Their first placement was a troublesome teenager called Fiz Brown!
Then they got mixed up with Wayne.
They met at Christmas time when young Wayne broke into Roy’s Rolls and was discovered by Roy.
Hayley called the police but Roy realised all wasn’t well with the little lad because he’d not stolen money – only food.
When Roy spotted Wayne again, the pair invited him in for a meal and a bath, and called the police again.
When Wayne’s stepdad turned up to pick him up, Roy clocked that the lad was uncomfortable around him.
Wayne turns up again
It turned out Wayne had run away from his care home because he didn’t want to be sent back to his mum – and his abusive stepfather, Alex. And it wasn’t long before he’d done another runner and showed up at the Croppers’ front door again.
This time they convinced him to go back to the home and they parted happily.
Dangerous deals
But the following summer, the Croppers bumped into Wayne again. He pleaded to be allowed to stay with them because his stepdad had been abusive again.
Roy was reminded of his own ordeal at the hands of his stepdad, and couldn’t say no.
When Alex showed up the Croppers bravely confronted him and tried to get him to confess to abusing Wayne. But it backfired and Alex realised what was going on.
The Croppers were stunned when Alex offered to let Wayne stay –
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