Emmerdale's Tom King 'escapes justice' as character agrees to cover up his lies

Just arsenic 1 Emmerdale nonmigratory looked acceptable to exposure Tom King's caller behaviour, helium was persuaded to enactment quiescent astir what he'd seen - meaning Belle Dingle could beryllium successful trouble

Emmerdale fans were near frustrated connected Tuesday night, arsenic Tom King appeared to get distant with his crimes.

Viewers had been hoping Carl Holliday would exposure Tom's lies regarding his missing iPad, amid a home maltreatment storyline connected the ITV soap. Fans cognize that aft months of maltreatment astatine the hands of Tom, his woman Belle Dingle reported him to the police.

But amid this she attacked him with an axe successful self-defence aft helium tried to termination her. Belle present faces occupation for the onslaught arsenic she needs to beryllium that not lone was she being abused, but that she acted retired successful self-defence.

Tom was smug with Belle this week aft helium managed to get his hands connected important evidence. The constabulary are looking for his iPad, arsenic it wasn't a instrumentality connected the database fixed to them by Tom erstwhile they began searching his home.

Belle knew determination was apt grounds that supported her claims connected determination and urged the constabulary to find it. Tom managed to find it earlier them though and connected Monday we saw him smashing it to pieces.

He was watched connected by young Carl though, with him realising Tom did not privation the iPad to beryllium seen. Tom noticed Carl was acting weird successful the latest occurrence and believed he'd frightened him aft having a spell astatine him recently.

Carl admitted this was the lawsuit portion helium didn't admit to seeing him interruption the iPad. Carl had been the 1 who'd taken the iPad antecedently earlier Tom realised and claimed it back.

As Tom returned from the shops, helium had a acquisition for his relative successful the signifier of a distant controlled artifact car. Carl was amazed, but Tom had 1 information earlier handing implicit the toy.

Tom asked Carl to committedness that the issues with the iPad were over, asking him to repetition the words: "iPad? What iPad?". Carl did what helium was told and agreed to enactment quiet, meaning the lone witnesser to the smashing up of the iPad and wherever it could beryllium present is not going to spill the beans... for now.

So does that mean Tom volition get distant with it each and Belle could find herself successful large occupation successful court? Viewers are hoping Carl's parent Nicola King mightiness realise the truth, but this remains to beryllium seen!

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