'Max has made some huge mistakes'

Max's involvement in a racially motivated attack that left Alya in hospital ended up with him in youth detention. But now the teen returns to Coronation Street and actor Paddy Bever tells us his character won't be welcomed back by all

- ALICE PENWILL

How has Max found his time in the Security Training Centre? Does he feel remorseful?

Absolutely. I think the whole experience has been quite intense for Max, because it’s consisted of him looking back at everything he’s done. I think that the experience has changed him and that’s why he is so sorry. It’s a result of deradicalisation and the realisation that he is a victim and yet he has done wrong and both of those things can be true. 

How does Max feel about his early release?