Barlow can you go?

e she’s done something dodgy! Here are our top five troublemaking Tracy moments...

5. A woman scorned

Do you remember when Tracy had a bit of a thing with super-smooth shop owner Dev Alahan in 2002? The two were so loved-up, Dev even let her use his credit card. Poor Tracy thought she’d found her Mr Right... until her step-brother Peter told her that Dev didn’t consider her marriage material. Oops! The revelation resulted in Tracy going absolutely loopy, cutting up his suits and stealing his credit cards to stay in a posh hotel. Well, we’ve all done that, haven’t we? Haven’t we?!

4. Baby for sale

In 2003, we saw one of Corrie's most heartbreakingly horrible storylines. As part of a bet with Bev Unwin that she could get Roy Cropper to sleep with her, Tracy spiked his drink. Of course, us viewers knew Roy was truly, madly and deeply in love with his soulmate, transgender Hayley, but when he woke up in Tracy’s bed, Roy assumed he’d done the dirty and confessed all.

But that wasn’t enough for Tracy. The schemer told Roy and Hayley she was pregnant and would abort the baby unless they bought it from her for £20,000. The couple agreed and Roy even married Tracy to make the baby legally his. True to her word (for once), Tracy – who by then had told Steve McDonald he was the real dad – handed over her baby daughter to the couple, who named her Patience. But then Tracy changed her mind and decided to get her baby back – at Steve’s wedding to Karen, no less – and ended up telling the bride what her hubby-to-be had been up to. Oh, Tracy!

3. Banged up for murder

In January 2007, Tracy truly lived up to her bad girl rep and actually killed someone. The victim? Her philandering builder boyfriend Charlie Stubbs, who she set up as an abusive partner by spreading lies about him before clocking him round the head with an ornament. However, her plea of self-defence fell on deaf ears and she was charged with his murder. Despite being found guilty and sentenced to 15 years behind bars, Ms Barlow wheedled her way out of jail in 2010 after forensic evidence used at her trial was discredited, and returned to the cobbles once more.

2. Manipulation Street

After (yet another) one-night stand with Steve, Tracy became pregnant again in 2011 and set about snaring him. After a scan revealed she was expecting twins, Tracy admitted she didn’t want to be a single mum to Steve’s kids, so he reluctantly gave their relationship another go. However, when Tracy miscarried she was scared her man would scuttle off back to his ex Becky, so she claimed that Becky had pushed her down the stairs, causing her to lose the babies. However, the truth finally came back to haunt Tracy on her wedding day to Steve, when Becky revealed through her medical records that Tracy had lied, and Steve sent her packing. Again.

1. The blazing row

And finally, that flat fire. In an ongoing feud with her banged-up ex-fiancé Rob’s sister Carla (keep up!), Tracy decided to murder Carla. As you do. She broke into her flat and lit a candle to find her target, but then did a runner when she realised Carla was asleep on the sofa, leaving the candle blazing – which then burned the whole place down. Little did Tracy know that stuck in the flat with Carla was her own daughter Amy. But while they both survived, poor old Kal died rescuing them, and runaway Maddie also came to a terrible end as the flat exploded. In her usual swerving style, Tracy was quick to point the finger of blame at Carla, and it worked. Until now...