Having survived his near-death experience when the metal pipe he was bashing about hit a rotatory isolator, Tom King’s (James Chase) need for revenge and control is about to hit extortionate levels in Emmerdale, putting Belle Dingle (Eden Taylor-Draper) at huge risk.

He caused himself the not undeserved injury after learning that terrified Belle had secretly had an abortion instead of a miscarriage. Not only was this a punch to the gut for the abuser, it demonstrated how he still does not have a true grip on his wife and her actions.

Attempting to separate her from her family hasn’t worked, taking over her finances hasn’t worked. Selling her car, making Piper the dog sick, none of it completed the task of Tom gaining full control of Belle.

So now it’s big guns time – removing her from the village completely.

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