'Coronation Street's Hayley Cropper is set for a dramatic storyline in which she is brutally beaten up.
According to The Sun, the character, played by Julie Hesmondhalgh, is attacked by her long-lost son after he discovers that she is a transsexual.
Hayley is set for a shock when she initially discovers that she has a 20-year-old son, whom she fathered when she was a man.
Hayley tells her son Christian that she is his aunt at first because she is afraid of how he will react but he eventually discovers the truth.
An insider told the newspaper: "Christian is utterly devastated. He believed her when she said she was his aunty and had accepted her as a new part of his family."
"But once she comes clean, he can't control his anger and just lashes out at her. It's a pretty gruesome scene — and there is plenty of blood."
The scenes, which have already been filmed, are due to screened next month.
