Leyla Cavanagh may have pulled off a minor miracle by surviving Meena Jutla earlier this year. Roxy Shahidi was almost waving goodbye to the ITV soap when her character was shot by the serial killer.
In shock scenes, Leyla, whose husband Liam was reeling from finding out Meena killed his only daughter Leanna last year, was targeted by the former nurse as she headed out in search of Dawn Taylor and Billy Fletcher who had disappeared from their own wedding day.
Shortly after saying 'I do', Dawn and Billy were kidnapped by Meena and left begging for their lives. With everyone worried back in the village as to the whereabouts - and with Meena on the loose, wedding planner Leyla decided to go out in search and when she spotted them, she approached in her car only to spot Meena who was wielding a gun. READ MORE: ITV Corrie star makes on-screen daughter cry again as she shares brilliant throwback photo Luckily, Leyla survived to tell the tale, making a miraculous, Emmerdale-style recovery.
But life still hasn't been plain sailing as her husband and Meena's other victims are now fraught and waiting for Meena's murder trial which starts in the Yorkshire-based soap on Monday (April 11).
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