Carla Connor’s (Alison King) life is currently hanging in the balance in Coronation Street after sepsis damaged her kidney. In upcoming scenes, she is set to learn that she is in need of another transplant, and soon the race is on to find a donor. Despite being touched when both Bobby Crawford (Jack Carroll) and Ryan Connor (Ryan Prescott) offer to be donors, Carla turns them down.
![[Bobby Crawford visits his dad Rob Donovan in prison in Coronation Street]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/13_01_coro_bobby_rob_01-f2ef.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
Determined to help his aunt, Bobby takes a trip to Highfield Prison, where he comes face-to-face with dad Rob Donovan (Marc Baylis) to ask him to donate a kidney to his estranged sister. Next week, when Ryan finds out what Bobby has been up to, he is quick to give him a dressing down, pointing out that Carla would never accept a kidney from Rob even if he agreed.
Despite Ryan’s warnings, Bobby makes out that he is going out with Max Turner (Paddy Bever), before instead heading to visit Rob once more. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video.
![[Rob Donovan wearing a yellow vest chatting to Carla Connor in prison in Coronation Street]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/15_01_coro_rob_carla_02-dfce.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
Up Next. This time, Rob announces that he has found religion and has decided to offer his kidney to Carla if he is a match. However, their conversation is brought to a dramatic halt when Matty Radcliffe (Seamus McGoff) pulls out a knife and holds the visiting room hostage.
When DS Lisa Swain (Vicky Myers) breaks the news to Carla that Bobby is involved in a hostage situation at the prison, the factory boss realises that he must be visiting Rob. With her brother having been brought up in conversation, Carla has no choice but to tell Betsy Swain (Sydney Martin) why Rob is in prison, revealing to the shocked teen that he is a murderer.
