Hollyoaks' Lucas Hay plots another shock exit after shock Leah incident

Hollyoaks' Lucas Hay plots to leave the village once more following his shock confrontation with sister Leah Barnes. Lucas only returned to the Channel 4 soap last month after serving a stint in prison, but is is planning to flee again after admitting to being involved in the disappearance of his dad, Ste Hay.

Leah overheard his confession and confronted her brother, but lost her footing and fell down the City Stairs.

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In tonight's episode, while Leah lay unconscious on the floor and Frankie Osbourne screamed for help, Lucas fled the scene in a panic.

Misbah Maalik and Gemma Johnson both rushed to Leah's aid, while Frankie told Misbah that she believed Lucas could have pushed her down the stairs.

After hearing Frankie's evidence from the scene, Leela Lomax reported Lucas to the police.

Lucas turned to his prison friend Xander for help getting out of the village, but Xander left Lucas waiting.

At the station, Xander confesses everything he knows about Lucas and Gemma's involvement in Ste's vanishing. Is what Lucas confessed the whole truth, or is there more to his story?

We know that Lucas isn't gone for good, with spoilers for next week's episodes showing us Leah tracks down her brother with the help of social media.

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Her ex-fiancé, Imran Maalik, also sees Lucas in Chester, but doesn't tell Leah what he has seen.

Imran and Lucas have a run-in while Lucas is hiding away from the village, which ends in disaster.

"Things aren't looking good for Lucas - he's already told Gemma that he was involved in Ste's kidnapping, but was it the full story?" our insider told us.

"Leah is desperately clinging to hope that this is all one big misunderstanding and Lucas is still loyal to his family, but with so many other villagers involved, it's all-out chaos - and the outcome won't be good!"

Hollyoaks airs on Mondays-Wednesdays with its Channel 4 streaming premiere at 7am, then an E4 broadcast the same night at 7pm. Full episodes are also released on YouTube a week after their Channel 4 release.

Selected omnibus episodes are available via Prime Video.

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