Leanne Batterby arrived in Coronation Street when she was sixteen with her step-sister Toyah, father Les and stepmother Janice. Leanne was was a mischievous troublemaker who would often shoplift and play loud music with Toyah .Since Leanne was not in education Janice got her a job as a cleaner at underworld but this didn't last long as Leanne's laziness and being rude to everyone around her cost her the job. Leanne began dating Nick Tilsley earning the disapproval of Nick's mother Gail Platt however this didn't stop the couple running away to Scotland to get married. Leanne tried to be a more responsible adult and got a job working for Rita Sullivan at the kabin. When Nick wrote letters to his father's murderer Darren Whately under Leanne's name as part of a revenge plot Darren turned up looking for her and asked for sex. After realizing the thing was a set up Darren threatened Leanne but she was saved by Nick just in time. This put strain on the relationship which was furthered when Nick began modelling. When Leanne learned she was pregnant Nick wasn't ready to be a dad demanding Leanne terminate the baby and pretend she miscarried to which she reluctantly agreed. Following this the relationship deteriorated and Nick left town. Leanne got a job working For Natalie Horrocks at the rovers. When Leanne became addicted to cocaine and got in debt to drug dealer Jez Quigley she was occasionally forced to sleep with him. Because of this she was going to allow Jez to rob the rovers but decided against it landing herself in hospital after a fight with one of Jez's thugs. Scared of Jez Leanne left the street. Les later discovered Leanne working as a belly dancer, serving beers. Leanne returned to the street and caused trouble for Nick and his girlfriend Maria Sutherland to get revenge on Nick as well as Maria who had slept with Toyah's boyfriend John Arnley despite being her friend. Leanne's scheming did pay of as the relationship ended. Leanne began seeing Jamie Baldwin but had an affair with his father Danny the affair was uncovered by Danny's wife Frankie prompting Jamie to end their engagement. Leanne then left to sort her life out but returned and decided to accept her relationship with Danny. Leanne also helped Danny care for his father Mike Baldwin When he got dementia though they only did this due to having their eyes on his estate. Shortly before Mike's death Danny manipulated him into leaving everything to him however Leanne discovered another will predating that one in which Mike left his youngest son Adam his fair share. When Danny left her hoping to reconcile with Frankie Leanne used the will to blackmail him for money. After receiving it she gave Mike's second will to Adam anyway and left. When Leanne returned in 2007 she was harboring the secret that she was an escort. When Janice found out she made her diaspproval clear. Leanne decided to end the work in order to be with Liam Connor. In her latter days of her career as a prostitute, Liam's brother Paul was a client of hers. Leanne went into business with Paul's wife Carla. In order to gain the cash necessary for the Italian restaurant valandros. Leanne returned to prostitution. When Carla met one of Leanne's clients who told her the truth about her work she chose to end their association. When Carla ended their marriage Paul entirely blamed Leanne refusing to accept responsibility for his own actions. He bundled Leanne into the boot of his car to drive to Liam and tell him the truth but suffered a car crash and died shortly after the accident .Leanne survived but was hospitalized. Liam then left her when Carla told him about her work. Leanne decided to invest in the restaurant herself by borrowing money from Janice's boyfriend Roger stiles and took on Paul Clayton as a cook. Leanne also started seeing Dan Mason and when the restaurant began losing business it was him who suggested they burn it down for the insurance money Leanne then manipulated Paul into carrying this out by promising a relationship between them if he did. While Paul tried to get revenge by implicating Leanne it didn't work as she and Dan covered for each other forcing him to leave the country. Leanne and Dan later split up and she began a relationship with Peter Barlow becoming very attached to his son Simon. While Peter was in rehab for alcoholism he cheated on Leanne breaking her heart but later convinced her to give him another chance. When Nick turned back up and offered her a job at the joinery Leanne chose to accept after encouragement from Peter and began an affair with Nick who tried getting her to call off her wedding to Peter as he still loved her, but she loved Peter and chose to end the affair. When Peter suffered injuries due to an explosion at the joinery he married Leanne due to believing he was close to death however he later announced that he would learn to walk again so he could give Leanne the wedding he felt she deserved. When Peter's sister Tracy informed him of the affair he planned revenge by exposing Leanne's deceit in front of the whole congregation despite this the couple agreed to give things another go.When Leanne learned Stella Price was her biological mother and that she had a sister called Eva she was shocked and initially rejected Stella believing she abandoned her but came to accept her and Eva as family. When Peter admitted to his affair with Cara Leanne left and it was only her concern for Simon which caused her to come back and fight for custody though Peter initially refused to let Leanne anywhere near his son he was eventually forced to relent and let Simon live with her. Leanne got engaged to Nick but Peter began tempting her. When she went to get back with Peter she found him in bed with Carla and decided to go through with her wedding to Nick. At the wedding Eva told everyone about Leanne's temptation causing Nick to cancel the wedding. They later remarried, but Nick didn't tell her that after their fall out he had slept with his brother David Platt's wife Kylie. David's revenge caused Nick to have brain damage and though Leanne chose to forgive him for the one-night stand when Kylie told everyone about it, Nick chose to end the relationship after he hit her as he didn't trust himself to not hurt her and Simon. Leanne then began seeing Kal Nazir displeasing Nick. When Kal died in a fire caused by Tracy Simon lashing out and abusing his step-mother. Leanne still cared for Simon and didn't want to telly anyone about the abuse but eventually realized he had to. Unable to cope with his behavior Leanne sent Simon to live with Peter's dad Ken. Simon eventually got help and made peace with Leanne. Leanne slept with Steve McDonald and became pregnant with his child which was further complicated when she began to rekindle her relationship With Nick. When Tracy saw Leanne returning from a first scan she announced it in the rovers forcing Leanne to tell Nick's family that she was pregnant with. When Leanne and Steve's son Oliver was born they had a naming ceremony for him. Steve became emotional due to the death of his and Michelle Connor's son Ruari and confessed that he was the father, causing Michelle to have deep resentment toward Steve and Leanne, though things did improve when Leanne and Steve helped her during the time she was being stalked by her ex-boyfriend Will Chatterton. In 2019 Leanne's villainous side resurfaced as she supported Nick in his attempt to blame David for the theft of their grandmother Audrey's money and manipulate his family into forgiving him, though she did show some guilt about this she also tried dissuading Nick from confessing the truth when his conscience began troubling him.
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