Former Emmerdale star Ian Kelsey has joined the cast of Coronation Street as a new bad guy working in cahoots with evil Phelan.

Watch out Weatherfield - dodgy businessman Vinny will be on our screens from August to stir up the cobbles alongside his pal.

Vinny in an old associate of builder Pat Phelan and his arrival on Corrie will spell double trouble for the residents of Coronation Street.

Ian, who played Dave Glover in the ITV1 rural soap Emmerdale, also starred in tthe ITV family drama Where the Heart Is, the BBC One soap Doctors and the medical drama Casualty.

And last year he joined fellow Casualty star Patrick Robinson in the UK touring stage production tour of The Shawshank Redemption playing the lead role of Andy Dufresne.

Vinny teams up with Phelan, played by Connor McIntyre, but it remains to be seen just what they will get up to.

With his colleague Jason Grimshaw off the scene Phelan is helping Jason’s mum Eileen to look after his business interests but he has big plans of his own - which is where property developer Vinny steps in.

Ian, who also starred in the ITV drama Blue Murder as DI Richard Mayne, started filming today.

Vinny and Phelan

Eileen, played by Sue Cleaver, has been dating Phelan after he arrived back on the ITV1 soap to terrorise Anna Windass, played by Debbie Rush.

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In 2014 Phelan blackmailed Anna into sleeping with him and caused her to split with her ex Owen Armstrong.

Despite being warned about him, Eileen fell for his charms unaware of the devastation he caused for her neighbour.