Emmerdale airs dilemma for Belle Dingle after Tom King attack in early ITVX release

Belle Dingle (Eden Taylor-Draper) looks set to come face to face with abuser Tom King (James Chase) in Emmerdale after two years.

She's been put in this predicament by brother Cain (Jeff Hordley), who thought that the only way to stop Tom from returning to torment her would be if he was attacked behind bars.

News reached the family that he'd been taken to hospital - as did the identity of the person who attacked him. Cain had asked nephew Samson to find someone willing to take on the job, though he ultimately did it himself.

This meant that his own sentence was to be extended, and that he wouldn't be returning home to the village.

Dad Sam (James Hooten) was devastated and launched himself towards Cain, furious that he'd torn away his chance of a reunion with his son. Belle and Moira Dingle (Natalie J Robb) were forced to get in-between them and break up the fight, and even though things calmed down, it was clear that their brotherhood could be forever altered.

In today's episode, tensions remained high when Sam learnt that Samson was being charged with GBH.

He decided that he'd had enough of living with Cain, and ordered him and Moira to leave Wishing Well Cottage. They were stunned, as following the sale of Emmerdale Farm, there was nowhere else for them to go.

Sam reassured the couple that he wouldn't see their children out on the streets, but was unable to live under the same roof as Cain any longer.

Cain lashed out again, reminding them that dad Zak had left the property to all of his children. Therefore, Belle had some say in what happened with the living situation.

She insisted that her siblings should stop quarrelling, and came to the conclusion that she would go to the hospital to visit Tom in the hope that he could give some leniency towards Samson.

Will Tom agree to help, or is a new nightmare about to unfold?

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Emmerdale airs weeknights at 8pm on ITV1 and from 7am on ITVX.

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Michael Adams is the Soaps Editor at Radio Times, covering all of the hot gossip and spoilers from Weatherfield to Walford, Emmerdale to Hollyoaks and everywhere in-between. He joined the team from Metro, where he spent two years as a Soaps Reporter and previously worked on the sets of both Coronation Street and Emmerdale.