Emmerdale fans blow holes in Owen and John 'suicide' twist
Last week, John learnt that Cain Dingle (Jeff Hordley) and Tracy Shankley (Amy Walsh) were going to try and work out who killed Nate Robinson (Jurell Carter).
Desperate to keep their focus off him, John realised he needed to come up with a plan – and fast.
That same day, John was asked to visit Owen Michaels' (Simon Haines) house as part of his work at the surgery. When he arrived, he found Owen – the guy who spiked Robert Sugden (Ryan Hawley) – unconscious on the sofa.
John rushed to call an ambulance, but then realise another problem of his would be solved if he just…let Owen die.
In the time it took for Owen's life to slip away, John had created a story that made Owen look like he killed Nate.
John wrote a note on Owen's laptop that confessed to murdering Nate, as well as revealing why he did it. He then used antibacterial wipes to clean the laptop, the door handle and Owen's neck, to ensure his fingerprints would be removed from the scene.
A few days later, Liam Cavanagh (Jonny McPherson) went to check on Owen and found him dead. DS Walsh then arrived, and later told Tracy and Cain that this man killed Nate.
It was a twist that left Cain and Tracy stunned.
While they have no reason to not believe Walsh, fans of the ITV soap have certainly been struggling, as they noticed multiple plot holes in the scenes that saw John frame Owen, and what followed after.
Taking to social media platform X, the point mentioned the most is John's effort to clean his fingerprints from Owen's house.
It's possible a post-mortem would've been conducted on Owen after his death, to determine what he had in his system when he died.
As a result of this and forensics checking the house, surely they would've noticed someone had cleaned Owen's neck, the laptop, and other areas?
And therefore considered that he perhaps did not end his life?
'Did they notice that all the fingerprints on the laptop and Owen's hands had been wiped clean? #Emmerdale', one fan wondered.
Another pointed out: 'He didn't seem to have his 'I'm a Medic' over shoulder pack with him that he's usually surgically attached to, just a smaller brown more casual looking bag. Not suss at all that certain areas have been wiped down, whether effective print/DNA wise or not #Emmerdale.'
Also on X, audience members noticed that Robert mentioned Owen's confession in the pub…without actually being told about it.
'How did Robert know Owen confessed to killing Nate? Tracey and Cain haven't told anyone; John and Liam just walked in. Plot hole klaxon! #Emmerdale', they highlighted.
This week, a suspicious Robert learnt from Owen's brother Steve that they were together in Hull the day Nate died.
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It proved someone else murdered him, but Robert grew frustrated when Steve said he didn't want to tell the police, due to him and Owen attending an illegal job in the city last year. More Trending
In upcoming episodes, the theory that John is too good to be true is fuelled for Robert when he learns of the many times he has saved a villager's life.
It leaves Robert in with a chance of exposing him but if John works out what's going on, will it end up being someone else?
Perhaps it could be Paddy Kirk (Dominic Brunt), given that he currently has no idea he's talking to John through the mental health charity?
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'I said, 'Listen, mate, life has surface noise.'' However, Peel's family has discovered that his celebrated collection contains many duplicates of records that he already owned. Auction house Omega Auctions has spent the last year sifting through the shelves at the family's Suffolk home, Peel Acres, to remove them. An auction of these duplicates – the first of at least three – takes place on July 29. What sets this sale apart from normal record auctions is that Peel's discs often came with hand-written notes from artists or managers; Easter eggs, if you will, between artists and the music tastemaker. The auction also contains plenty of quirky memorabilia. Paul Fairweather, director at Omega Auctions, says going through Peel's collection has been the pinnacle of his career as a vinyl sifter. 'For me, finding the little bits of memorabilia within the records, or hand-written on the records, makes it so much more exciting. It's the personal notes to John that make it so much better,' he says. Peel's family say they hope that record collectors will appreciate these items 'just as much as Dad did'. There are plenty of curios in this auction. Peel revelled in championing the underdogs; he famously introduced himself to viewers on his first Top of the Pops as the bloke 'who comes on Radio 1 late at night and plays records made by sulky Belgian art students in basements dying of TB'. We've ignored some of the more obscure records. But here are our highlights from an auction so great that rarities from Bowie and the Clash fail to make our Top Ten. 10. The Jesus and Mary Chain – test press of Upside Down 7' (Lot 14) It's not so much the disc that's of interest here, but the hand-written letter to Peel from Creation boss Alan McGee that comes with it. The year was 1984 and Creation Records – the future home of Oasis and Primal Scream – was in its infancy. McGee was on typically headstrong form in addressing the DJ. 'John,' the label boss starts, 'Just a quick line to tell you about The Jesus and Mary Chain … I honestly believe this band is classic in the mould of The Pistols, Stooges etc. This is beyond rock n roll as they say at [the] NME.' That's confidence. As Fairweather says: 'This was well before Oasis took Creation to another level, so at the time they had to do these hand-written letters to people like John basically selling the bands. It is one of the very early Creation releases.' The disc also has Peel's mark on it. 'You can see actually on the record itself that there's a little 2:55 in red. That's John's hand-written timings of the track. He's listened to that record, as he has done all the records in the collection, and noted the lengths of the track.' Estimate: £150-200 As well as being sent loads of records to Peel Acres, the DJ was sent a vast number of promotional T-shirts, many of which are for sale here. My favourites include a 1984 Frankie Goes to Hollywood T-shirt saying 'Frankie Say Arm the Unemployed' (it was always 'say' not 'says' on official Frankie merch as the band were a collective). There is also a great hand-painted Ramones T-shirt from 1977, a Sex Pistols one from 1980 and a Smiths shirt from 1987. 'John Peel's collection is predominantly about vinyl, but having memorabilia in the auction as well is very cool, especially all his T-shirts. There are tons of them, a really good selection,' says Fairweather. Estimates: range from £60 to £200, although the Smiths T-shirt is already attracting bids of £240 while the Frankie one has a bid of £420 8. New Order – World in Motion promotional bundle (Lot 404) The 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy was memorable for lots of reasons. Roberto Baggio. England vs Cameroon. Gazza's tears after his yellow card in the semis, meaning he'd miss the final (which we didn't get into). But right up there was New Order's official England song World in Motion, featuring that famous John Barnes rap. Originally called 'E is for England' (a title banned by the FA for its obvious drug connotation), the song is an absolute belter. As, it should be said, is this bundle of promotional memorabilia. The printed plastic bag contains a T-shirt, New Order and England-themed football shorts, a cap, a remix CD, a 12' single and a sticker. Altogether now, 'You've got to hold and give, but do it at the right time…' Estimate: £100-£150 7. Oasis – Columbia demo 12' disc (Lot 256) A rare copy of the band of the moment's first promotional release. In December 1993, Oasis's record label Creation sent a demo of the band's track Columbia to radio stations ahead of the release of their official first single, Supersonic, in April 1994. Columbia was one of the first songs that Noel Gallagher wrote after he joined Oasis and it would go on to appear on debut album Definitely Maybe. This version is in excellent condition, says Omega, and is extremely rare. 'This is Oasis's first promo that was sent out. It typically [sells for] £1,000. They only sent out 500 or 1,000 of them. Whenever you have Columbia coming through [in auctions] it's like the holy grail almost,' says Fairweather. The song is not featured, at the moment anyway, in the set list of Oasis's reunion tour. Still, I imagine this will get snapped up. Estimate: £600-£1,000 6. Pink Floyd – Animals promotional mobile (Lot 408) This is fun. To help promote their 1977 album Animals, Pink Floyd's record label gave out animal-themed mobiles to journalists and DJs (that's hanging mobiles, rather than mobile phones, not a thing back then). This one includes a sheep, a dog, a pig and a disc with the album's name on it. The packaging remains unopened and it comes in its original mailing envelope with printed instructions on the front. 'John would have been sent this when the album was coming out or given it at a launch party. He's actually had two of these, so we've got one in this auction and one for a future auction. It's a cool piece,' says Fairweather. The dangling pig will bring to mind a famous Pink Floyd story. The Animals album cover depicted an inflatable pig flying over Battersea Power Station. During the photo shoot, the pig broke free of its moorings, flew over Heathrow, delaying flights, before landing in a farmer's field in Kent. Estimate: £200-£400 5. Joy Division – first music and notes from Rob Gretton and Tony Wilson (Lots 401 and 403) There's a lot of Joy Division in this auction. The Manchester band, who went on to become New Order after the death of singer Ian Curtis, were a favourite of Peel. And his love of the band was no doubt spurred by Lot 403 – Joy Division's debut EP from 1978, An Ideal For Living, with a note from manager Rob Gretton. 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John Lennon – signed copy of 1969 studio album (Lot 428) Lennon and Yoko Ono's avant-garde 1969 album Unfinished Music No. 2: Life with the Lions failed to chart in the UK, selling just 5,000 copies (it did far better in America, shifting 60,000 copies). Just four months later, The Beatles – still a going concern – would release Abbey Road. But Peel's copy of Unfinished Music is special: it comes with a note and doodle from Lennon on its inner sleeve. 'To John the Peel, love John and Yoko,' Lennon wrote. The lot also contains a 1970 dollar bill from the so-called Spring Offensive to End the Vietnam War, which Lennon and Ono were involved with. 'It's so personal to John Peel. 'Love John and Yoko' with the little sketches on there as well. It may not be considered a classic album, but it's just the fact that it was gifted to John by them,' says Fairweather. 'It's a great piece linking John's career into that of John and Yoko.' 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The Chase branded a ‘fix' by fuming fans as Jenny Ryan stops £142k going to charity – would you know the final answer?
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