Emmerdale fans point finger at one key character after Robert's £100,000 loss

Emmerdale's Robert Sugden has had quite the time of it lately. He took over The Hide using Jimmy King's inheritance money, only to find that Gabby Thomas has screwed him over. He then hosted a high-stakes poker game and ended up winning £100,000.

And then he went to The Woolpack to celebrate, only to find that the bag of cash had been stolen from right under his nose (or right on top of the bar stool, as it were).

But who is the thief? Fans think they know who it is, pointing their fingers at one person in particular.

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"My money's on Kev pinching Robert's money. Money's pun intended!" wrote one fan on social media, while another said: "Notice Kev left the pub with his coat wrapped up. Round a bag with £100k in maybe."

"Kev has deffo got that money in his jacket as he should because Robert needs humbling," a third fan said. "It's funny watching Robert call Kev out for cheating then doing the same thing. Watch there be a scene of Robert calling Kev out for stealing when he's stolen money off a widow too."

"Got to be Kev who's nicked the money! Stupid leaving it sat on the seat like that anyway," said another fan, while a further viewer said: "I think Kev stole the money and will pay back Claudette and put the rest into the church fund."

One person thought it could be one of two people, writing: "I think Joe has taken back his money or Kev has stolen it and he'll give it back to Nicola because technically Robert stole £150k off her to buy the HIDE in the first place?"

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Emmerdale producer Sophie Roper had previously teased Robert's ruthless ways are going to come back and bite him.

She told us: "Robert is scheming at the moment – and he will have some success with that.

"But it will be about whether those ill intentions might come back to haunt him as well! As manipulative and scheming as Robert is, it doesn't mean that he's going to come out of this unscathed…"

Emmerdale airs on weeknights at 8pm on ITV1, and streams on ITVX.

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