Yahoo News ITV Emmerdale fans 'work out' Tom King's next plan - and it's bad news for Belle
Emmerdale aired yet another bombshell on Tuesday night amid the Tom King and Belle Dingle storyline.
Only recently, Belle attacked evil Tom with an axe in self-defence after he threatened to kill her after months of abuse. Later, in hospital, Tom told the police the whole thing was just a "blank" and he couldn't remember who was responsible.
However, on Tuesday night, Tom told Belle if she dropped the allegations against him that he had abused her, despite being true, he wouldn't tell the police she was responsible for the attack.
Belle was horrified as Tom tried to gaslight her and after he continued to threaten her, it looked as though Belle was going along with Tom's plan - especially when he asked for a kiss on the cheek, where he kissed her on the lips in a vile twist.
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Later at the hospital, Tom lied to the police and said it was two random men who attacked him, claiming he had never seen them before.
However, at the end of the episode, Belle headed to the police where she revealed the truth and handed in the weapon. Belle said: "I've attacked my husband in self-defence, he wanted to kill me, I'm a victim of domestic abuse."
On Wednesday night, the police investigated the claims where Tom was discharged from hospital and brought into the station for questioning.
As expected, Tom lied throughout the questioning, claiming it was Belle who abused him and he set up secret cameras at the house to monitor her amid her mental health struggles. The police revealed that they would be seizing all electronic devices, including the cameras, to which Tom remained calm and claimed any footage he had deleted after 24 hours.
However, later in the episode, Tom slipped up while talking to his solicitor as he revealed that there were multiple cameras not one and footage still existed on one tablet, which had a zombie case, that the police wouldn't think to retrieve.
As his solicitor warned him of the serious implications, Tom said: "Oh my God, they're going to think I'm some sort of creep", adding if the tablet is found, it's "game over". As Tom shared his worries, the camera panned onto his uncle Jimmy King's home, where he had been staying, as Jimmy's son, Carl, was seen playing with the tablet in question.
Taking to Twitter, now X, viewers predicted that Carl will stumble upon the footage and tell his parents, resulting in wither Jimmy or Nicola deleting the footage in a bid to protect Tom in an infuriating twist.
One person said: "Jimmy & Nichola will find the footage and delete it #Emmerdale", a different account put: "Swear to god if Jimmy finds the footage and deletes it to protect his precious Tom I’m going to lose it #emmerdale", another wrote: "Nicola or jimmy is going to find the footage and delete for sure #emmerdale" while a different account added: "Nicola or jimmy is going to find the footage and delete for sure #emmerdale."
*If you have been affected by this story, you can access free and confidential support from Refuge’s 24-hour National Domestic Abuse Helpline on 0808 2000 247 and digital support via live chat Monday-Friday 3-10pm. You can also visit the tech safety website to learn more about technology-facilitated abuse.
Emmerdale airs weeknights at 7:30pm on ITV1 and ITVX, with an hour-long episode on Thursdays.
