Leanne Battersby Leanne Anika Battersby ( previously Tilsley and Barlow ) is the daughter of Les Battersby and Stella Price , though Stella was absent from her life while she was growing up . Les eventually married Janice Lee who had her own daughter Toyah . Leanne and her family moved into 5 Coronation Street in 1997 . Since then she has had two failed marriages to Nick Tilsley and another failed marriage to Peter Barlow . She is currently raising her stepson Simon from her marriage to Peter . After experiencing a miscarriage in 2011 , Leanne was thought to be infertile . However , in June 2016 , she became pregnant from a one - night stand with Steve McDonald , later giving birth to her son Oliver . Biography . Leanne , her father Les , stepmother Janice and stepsister Toyah moved into 5 Coronation Street in the summer of 1997 when Leanne was 16 . The Battersbys were considered " the family from hell " and Leanne was a mischievous troublemaker who would shoplift and play loud music with Toyah . As Leanne was not in education , Janice insisted on her getting a job . She got Leanne a job as a cleaner at Underworld where she herself worked , but this did not last long as Leanne was lazy and rude to those around her . Marriage to Nick Tilsley . Leanne began dating Nick Tilsley in late 1997 . Nick ' s mother Gail Platt instantly disapproved of the union as she did not like the Battersbys . Leanne and Gail frequently clashed , but this did not stop the teenagers from running away to Scotland to get married in January 1998 . In an effort to become a more responsible adult , Leanne quit her hairdressing course and started working with Rita Sullivan in The Kabin . When Nick met Darren Whateley , the man who had killed his father , Brian , he wrote letters to Darren under Leanne ' s name as part of a revenge plot . Leanne was terrified when Darren showed up unexpectedly to meet her , asking for sex . Later on , when Darren learned he had been set up , he threatened Leanne , but Nick rescued her just in time . The events put a large strain on Nick and Leanne ' s relationship . When Nick modelled for Miranda Peters , the relationship was put on further strain . Leanne refused to speak to him , or attend his 18th birthday party on 31st December 1998 . However , when Leanne ' s half - brother Greg Kelly attacked Nick , she came back to him and told him that she was pregnant . Nick was horrified at the thought of becoming a dad . Furious , he demanded that she abort the unborn child and pretend to everyone else that she had miscarried the baby . Leanne reluctantly agreed , but their relationship couldn ' t survive such trauma and they consequently divorced . Nick went back to Canada and Leanne took what financial offer she could get from Gail as a divorce settlement . Newly single , Leanne began dating new resident Vikram Desai who was working at the Corner Shop at the time . Excessive partying and late nights took its toll on Leanne . She subsequently resigned from The Kabin following a misunderstanding over missing money . She then started working behind the bar at the Rovers for Natalie Horrocks . Becoming a drug addict . Leanne went on to become addicted to cocaine . She ended up deeply in debt to drug dealer Jez Quigley , and upon occasion was forced to sleep with him . She owed him money and became desperate . She was going to allow him to rob the Rovers on New Year ' s Day 2000 , but at the last minute backed out and landed herself in hospital after a fight with one of Jez ' s thugs . Leanne was scared and decided to leave Weatherfield . Knowing Jez to be capable of extreme violence , she left Weatherfield for Amsterdam with her friend Mark Redman later in the year to escape the gangster ' s clutches . Dressing as a belly dancer . In June 2004 , Les discovered Leanne dressed as a belly dancer in a back street local bar , serving beer . She returned to the Street and moved back in with Janice . She quickly caused trouble for ex - husband Nick and his latest girlfriend Maria Sutherland . She had heard about how Maria had betrayed Toyah by having a fling with John Arnley , and decided to take revenge on both Maria and her former husband . Leanne and Maria ’ s sparring culminated in a brawl in the Rovers Return . Eventually , Leanne ' s scheming paid off as Nick left Weatherfield without Maria . Relationship with the Baldwins . Not long after her return , Leanne started a relationship with Jamie Baldwin . Jamie ' s stepmother , Frankie Baldwin , hated Leanne , and several ferocious slanging matches ensued . Despite her feud with Frankie , Leanne and Jamie became engaged . However , Leanne began an affair with Jamie ' s dad , Danny Baldwin , which Frankie discovered . When Jamie learned the truth , he proceeded to call off the engagement , and Leanne temporarily departed the Street to sort her life out . Leanne and Danny eventually accepted that their respective relationships were over and consequently decided to reunite . When Danny ' s father , Mike Baldwin , began to suffer from mental illness , Leanne and Danny were the ones who cared for him . However , their main priority was getting their hands on his estate . Shortly before Mike ' s death , Danny had managed to manipulate Mike into making a will giving it all to him , and cutting out his other sons , Mark and Adam Barlow . Yet following Mike ' s death , Leanne discovered a will that post - dated this one and in it , Mike left Adam his fair share . Despite becoming engaged to Leanne , Danny Baldwin truly loved former wife Frankie and ended his relationship with Leanne in a bid for reconciliation . Leanne was devastated and took revenge on Danny by blackmailing him with Mike ' s latest will . Leanne then double - crossed her ex by giving Mike ' s second will to Adam , even after Danny gave her the cash which she demanded . Having totally wrecked Danny ' s life , Leanne then made her exit to Spain . Prostitution and Paul Connor ' s death . Leanne returned in March 2007 , harbouring the secret that she was now working as an escort . Leanne ' s beloved former stepmother , Janice Battersby , was horrified to discover the truth and made her disapproval very clear . When Leanne began dating Liam Connor , Janice made her realise that she had to choose between Liam and prostitution . Initially , Leanne chose escorting , but later decided that she should allow her heart to rule her head and gave it up for him . In the latter days of her career as a prostitute , Leanne found herself a new client - Liam ' s brother Paul Connor . Leanne went into business with Paul ' s wife , Carla . They decided to buy and run Italian restaurant Valandro ' s together . In order to gather up the cash to make the purchase , Leanne made a brief return to her work as a prostitute . This business deal would ultimately lead to Leanne ' s exposure , as Carla came across one of her clients who told her the truth . Carla was shocked , and decided to abandon their business arrangement . When Carla ended her marriage to Paul after finding out about his visits to escorts , he blamed Leanne and attempted revenge . He lured her to a car park where he bundled her into the boot of his car to drive to Liam and inform him of the truth . However , a horrific car crash took place during the journey . Leanne was hospitalised , but survived . Paul , on the other hand , did not pull through and died shortly after the accident . Carla revealed Leanne ’ s profession to Liam , who was stunned and decided that he wanted nothing more to do with Leanne . Valandro ' s . Leanne decided to go ahead with opening the restaurant herself . She borrowed £10 , 000 from Janice ‘ s boyfriend Roger Stiles , but initially struggled with her new business . She took on Paul Clayton as cook at the restaurant , and began to feel hope when business improved . Paul eventually invested money in the restaurant acquiring a share of the business . She then began dating bookmaker Dan Mason , by which time the restaurant was beginning to show signs of failure . It was Dan who suggested torching Valandro ' s for the insurance money . Leanne manipulated Paul into carrying this out for her , offering the promise of a relationship between the two of them . Paul agreed and carried out the arson attack , but was disappointed to realise Leanne had only been using him . He attempted to take revenge on her by confessing his crime to the police , as well as implicating her . However , Dan and Leanne provided alibis for one another on the night of the fire so they got away with the crime . Realising that he alone was going to be sent down , Paul subsequently fled the country to avoid prosecution . Leanne subsequently got a job working in the bookies with Dan and his father . She then returned to her old job behind the bar at the Rovers as she was not making enough money at the bookies . She was fired by Michelle Connor after she wrongly accused Leanne of sleeping with her boyfriend Steve McDonald . Lottery scam . In September 2008 , Leanne and Janice discovered that the syndicate Lottery ticket for the factory girls was a winner - to the tune of nearly £25 , 000 . Leanne convinced her stepmother that she should not tell the other girls about it and keep the winnings for themselves . To claim the winnings they had to set up a bogus bank account under the name of Rosie Webster . They were both thrilled when the cash was lodged to the account , they made up a cover story that an uncle of Janice ' s had died and had left them a sum of money in his will . Leanne then offered to give Dan the £10 , 000 which he needed to buy the bookies . However , she clashed with Janice over this as in the meantime , Rosie had vanished and the police could see that money was being withdrawn from the account . Unfortunately for Leanne , Dan found out about the scam after Janice was arrested following her admission of guilt and their relationship subsequently ended . Return of Peter Barlow . In October 2008 , Peter Barlow returned to the Street with his son Simon and Leanne took a shine to both . On 17th December 2008 , however , a drunken Peter went to kiss Leanne , and though she rejected him , he grabbed her . In self - defence , Leanne pushed him and he fell into the decorated Christmas tree resulting in Simon waking up and Leanne walking out . However , she later forgave him when he promised to give up the booze and the pair began a relationship . Early in 2009 , Peter was struggling to stay off alcohol and entered a rehabilitation programme with Leanne ' s support . In his absence she took over running the bookies . Upon his return in March , Leanne discovered he had cheated on her while he was away . Brokenhearted , she subsequently moved to Leeds to take up a job offer managing a restaurant for a friend . Several months later , Peter headed out to Leeds and asked Leanne to give him another chance ; she returned to Coronation Street the day after , whereupon they resumed their relationship . Later Leanne and Peter decide to open a bar together in the joinery premises under the viaduct at the end of Coronation Street . Ken was dead set against the plan , but Peter found investment in Simon ' s maternal grandfather George Wilson , who was attempting to build a relationship with Simon . As work began on the bar , Peter ' s drink problem returned . George tried to use the alcoholism against Peter to get custody of Simon for himself . Despite his personal problems , Peter ' s relationship with Leanne survived and they became engaged . When Leanne ' s ex - husband Nick Tilsley moved back to the Street , he decided to use the empty premises in Viaduct Street to open his own bar , The Joinery . Peter encouraged Leanne to take up his offer of a Manager role . While Leanne and Nick were working hard to get the bar open , Peter grew close to Leanne ' s friend Carla when he realised that she had a drink problem . When Leanne asked where he kept going off to , Peter told her that he was supporting a man from AA named Carl . In November 2010 , The Joinery opened and Carla became drunk before driving her car home . She was pulled over by police and Peter took her home from the station after she ' d been charged with drink driving . Carla made a pass at Peter that night but he told her , while he was tempted , he only wanted to be with Leanne . However , across town after hours at The Joinery , Leanne began an affair with Nick . Nick begged Leanne not to go through with the wedding as he still loved her . When Leanne told Carla what had happened she told her to choose Nick too , although this was largely down to her plan to snare Peter . Leanne chose to go ahead with the wedding and call off her affair with Nick . At Peter ' s stag party in The Joinery on 6th December 2010 , Nick took Peter into the office to tell him the truth but they were interrupted by Ashley Peacock who had come to say his farewells . Ken went to warn Leanne about Nick ' s confession as she was celebrating her hen night in the Rovers . They both made their way towards The Joinery when massive gas explosion ripped through the premises , damaging the viaduct and causing a tram to derail and crash into Coronation Street . Peter was gravely injured and trapped with Nick and Ashley . As the anxious residents waited for help , more panic arose when a fire at No . 13 was made more aware . Claire Peacock had been looking after a group of children including Simon . As Claire and the rest of the children escaped , Simon was trapped upstairs , much to Leanne ' s distress . Leanne was held back from going into the burning building to rescue him and he was later rescued by Jason Grimshaw . Peter was eventually rescued from the wreckage , but Ashley died as the viaduct collapsed afterwards . Peter was taken immediately to hospital with Leanne by his side . Believing he was close to death , Peter married Leanne that night from his hospital bed . Peter survived , but his injuries meant that he would have to learn to walk again . He and Leanne moved into No . 1 with Ken and Deirdre while he convalesced . Leanne told Peter that she now knew that ' Carl ' was Carla . On Christmas Day , Peter announced in the Rovers that he intended to be walking by 14th February when he planned to give Leanne the wedding that she deserved . After a week away over New Year , the pressure of his injuries was already beginning to show . He rejected Ken ' s help and insisted on moving back to the flat , taking a lot of his frustration out on Leanne . Encouraged by a manipulative Nick , Peter began secretly drinking again . Leanne found out about the drinking and blamed Nick , who Peter defended . A week before Leanne and Peter renewed their vows , her and Nick ' s affair came to the knowledge of Tracy Barlow . Tracy threatened to tell Peter , but Ken and Deirdre convinced her not to . Nick decided to leave for Italy and wanted Leanne to come with him , but she put the ticket in the bin . Later Peter found the ticket and became suspicious . His suspicions were confirmed by Tracy who told Peter of Leanne and Nick ' s affair . At the blessing , Peter exposed the affair in front of the whole congregation , and said he wanted a divorce . Thinking she ' d lost Peter forever , Leanne decided to leave Weatherfield for London , but after Ken convinced Peter that Leanne was the best thing that had happened to him and Simon , he went to try and stop Leanne from leaving . They decided to give their relationship another go . In mid - 2011 Stella Price and her daughter Eva moved to Weatherfield , as Stella had recently become landlady of the Rovers . When Stella met Leanne she realised that Leanne was her estranged biological daughter , born when Stella had been in a teenage relationship with Les Battersby . During Leanne ' s 30th birthday party , Stella confessed to Leanne that she was her mother , also revealing that Eva was her half - sister . Leanne rejected Stella , believing that she had abandoned her but slowly made amends and came to accept her and Eva as family . In July 2011 Leanne became pregnant with Peter ' s child but soon afterwards miscarried after falling down a flight of stairs . Although they tried for another child , she learned she was infertile as one of her Fallopian tubes became blocked after the miscarriage . That year , Peter had started an affair with Carla . Leanne remained oblivious until Frank Foster ' s rape trial in January 2012 , when Peter admitted to the affair . Leanne then ran off to the flat to pack her bags . She and Peter had a massive row causing her to leave Weatherfield . She then returned in February to get some more of her things and then left . The next day she went back to the flat and saw a picture of Simon and was reminded how much she loved him . She then began a battle with Peter to " get " Simon . Peter refused to allow Leanne to spend any time with Simon , but when Simon became ill after drinking a bottle of wine , it became clear that Simon wanted to move in with Leanne . Peter was forced to relent and let him live with her . Back to Nick . In June 2012 , Leanne got back together with Nick . After Peter ' s departure from Weatherfield , Leanne received her divorce papers . On 16th November she revealed this to Nick who was thrilled , however she was tearful . Within a few days , Leanne ' s half - sister Eva and Nick ' s sister - in - law Kylie plotted against Leanne and told Nick to propose as Leanne would love it , however that was far from the truth and she reacted badly and they split up . Leanne realised that she loved Nick and proposed to him in the Rovers . They became engaged . Nick suggested a Las Vegas wedding when Leanne got a letter from Peter that hinted he may not return for Christmas . Leanne agreed and they planned to leave to marry . However , just as they were departing Peter and Carla returned . Simon refused to leave and Nick cancelled the trip to Vegas . Nick revealed to Leanne that he had booked the wedding for Christmas Day . Leanne visited ex - husband Peter on the morning of her wedding and said that she would give their relationship another go , however Peter ' s girlfriend Carla reappeared unannounced and Leanne decided to marry Nick after all . At the ceremony Eva revealed the truth about why Leanne was late , Nick cancelled the wedding and they split up . Over the New Year Leanne attempted to win back Nick but he pushed her away . When they finally talked to each other he revealed that he still loved her and she told him that she ' d rebooked their wedding . Nick and Peter came to blows over Leanne and Nick smashed the Bistro up . When Leanne eventually found a distressed Nick she begged him for another chance however , she was devastated when he told her that she had hurt him too deeply . Following a confrontation with Stella , Leanne decided to leave Weatherfield for good . The next day she told Nick that she was leaving and clear that he still had feelings for her , he went to the Rovers to talk to Leanne and begged her not to go , they argued but the pair later announced the wedding was back on . Stella was thrilled however , the news upset Gail . Leanne and Nick re - married on 11th January 2013 . Unbeknown to Leanne , Nick had slept with Kylie on Christmas day after their cancelled wedding . Around the same time , Kylie became pregnant and was unsure if the father was Nick or her husband David Platt . David found out about the one night stand and sent Leanne an anonymous letter hinting about the event . David launched a hate campaign against Nick which also impacted Leanne because it resulted in her and Nick ' s flat being trashed and an investigation into watered - down spirits at the Bistro . When Nick discovered David was responsible , he took David for a drive in his van and confessed to sleeping with Kylie . After an argument between the two brothers which led to David unfastening Nick ' s seatbelt and grabbing the steering wheel , the van was hit by a lorry . Nick ended up in a coma following the accident . David refused to say what caused the accident , causing Leanne to blame herself because she had tried to ring Nick . Leanne helped deliver Kylie ' s baby Lily while Nick was still in a coma . When Nick awoke nearly two months after the accident , he tried to tell Leanne that Lily was his but she mistakenly thought he was calling her his niece . Nick eventually recovered and went back home with Leanne , by which point a DNA test had confirmed that David was Lily ' s father . During Lily ' s christening in October 2013 , the truth about David ' s hate campaign and Nick and Kylie ' s one - night stand emerged . Leanne broke up with Nick after hearing the news but they reconciled after a few weeks . Nick ' s brain injury caused him to experience mood swings , leading him to shout at Simon and hit Leanne . Nick ended the relationship with Leanne in January 2014 due to guilt . Shortly afterwards , Leanne started an affair with Kal Nazir . When Nick found out he became enraged and revealed Leanne ' s history as a prostitute to Kal ' s family . Nick and Leanne eventually divorced and Leanne continued her relationship with Kal . In October 2014 , Leanne testified when Peter went on trial for the murder of Tina McIntyre . Peter was convicted partly due to Leanne ' s testimony but was later released when it was revealed that Rob Donovan was the real killer . Abuse from Simon . In June 2015 , Kal died after he and Leanne rescued Amy Barlow from a fire which broke out inside 12 Victoria Court on the same day Kal proposed to her . She became distressed and blamed Carla Connor for allegedly leaving a candlestick lit ( when in reality it was Tracy ) . Simon got angry and threw a remote control at Leanne ' s face , injuring and stunning her . Leanne was held hostage by Dan Jones with Liz McDonald and Simon , where Dan revealed Leanne ' s history as a prostitute to Simon . Although they escaped from Dan , Simon was disgusted at Leanne . She continued to receive physical and verbal abuse from Simon over the months and after an incident where she was knocked out when Simon threw her at a table , she admitted what was happening to Kal ' s son Zeedan . Unable to cope with her stepson ' s behaviour , Leanne sent him to live with Ken in November 2015 . During this time , Simon hit his cousin Amy and Leanne was forced to open up about the problems she was having to Ken and Tracy . In February 2016 , Leanne reported Simon ' s abuse to the police when he broke another boy ' s leg during a football match . Simon fell out with her because he had actually broken the leg by accident . Eventually though , they made up . First Child . In June 2016 Leanne slept with Steve McDonald who called round to her flat upset over his recent split from his wife Michelle Connor . A few weeks later she discovered she was pregnant but kept it a secret . She told Steve about the pregnancy , by which point he was back with Michelle . He offered to help pay for an abortion but Leanne was adamant that she was keeping the baby due to her past fertility problems . Steve did not approve of this but Leanne told him that nobody had to know he was the father . Afterwards , Leanne found out that Steve had told his mother about the situation , much to her frustration . She also found out that Michelle was pregnant with Steve ' s child as well . Leanne started to rekindle her relationship with Nick but instead decided to move to Liverpool with Simon to escape the drama . Learning she was pregnant , Nick arrived at the bus station just in time and convinced Leanne that he loved her and didn ' t want her to move away . A relieved Leanne tearfully admitted the same . Leanne decided to remain in Weatherfield and start a relationship with Nick for the third time . Nick suggested she tell everyone he was the father . When Tracy saw Leanne returning from her first scan , she found out about the pregnancy and announced it in the Rovers , forcing Leanne to tell Nick ' s family on the spot that she was carrying his child . On Christmas Day Leanne was shocked when Toyah returned to Weatherfield after nearly fourteen years away , having split up with her husband Toby . Leanne let Toyah move in with her , unaware that she was having a secret affair with Peter . Several weeks later , Leanne realised what was happening between her stepsister and ex - husband , and furiously kicked Toyah out . In January 2017 Michelle lost her baby , Ruairi , intensifying both Leanne and Steve ' s guilt over their deception . In February Leanne went into labour while trapped in the lift with Toyah at Victoria Court . Despite the circumstances , she successfully gave birth to her son Oliver , also choosing to forgive Toyah over her relationship with Peter . Later that week Nick ' s family decided to celebrate the birth of what they thought was Nick ' s baby in the Bistro . During the event , Steve held Oliver and confessed to Michelle that he was the baby ' s father . Furious and still grieving over her own son ' s death , Michelle hit Leanne , wishing Oliver dead . Quotes . " About time . What took you ? " ( First line , to Janice Battersby )