In 2019, Shona's now 18-year-old son Clayton faces the possibility of being transferred to an open prison in Liverpool as his safety is being jeopardised at Highfield Prison, with injuries as proof. David is unhappy, as there is a chance of him visiting Weatherfield on the weekends. Clayton's father, Dane, was trying to get his son transferred before his untimely death from a drug overdose. Shona decided to attend her ex-partner Dane's funeral, but lied to David of her whereabouts. Clayton was unhappy to see Shona there as he wished she had died instead of Dane. The funeral turned out to be a breakout plot devised by Clayton's stepbrother Macca, with thugs posing as undertakers cutting Clayton's handcuffs with bolt cutters and he runs away. Shona is arrested for helping him escape but denies having a role in his escape plot and she is released from custody shortly afterwards.
