Emmerdale's Belle receives huge news about Tom King
Belle Dingle (Eden Taylor-Draper) received a letter in the post during tonight's episode of Emmerdale, which confirmed some huge news about her ex Tom King (James Chase).
When Tom and Belle got together, it wasn't long until we started to see signs of controlling behaviour from him. At first, Tom's actions were small, but he then became hellbent on isolating Belle from her entire family.
Over the next year, Tom was responsible for installing security cameras in the house, tracking Belle's every movement, physically and mentally abusing her, as well as pretending her dog Piper had died in an attempt to get close to her again.
Belle eventually reported Tom and he was sent to prison for three years.
'I always knew to some extent Tom was going to lose, because we had always had that conversation', actor James Chase said of the outcome last year. 'Months ago, the producers and I spoke and I agreed with them that Tom had to get his comeuppance.
'So I always knew he was going to. I didn't initially know in what form the justice would take. At one point I thought maybe he'd get killed off but I knew it would be either killed off or sent to prison.'
In February of this year, Belle decided she would begin divorce proceedings, but it meant visiting Tom in prison.
Fortunately, strong-willed Belle was able to stand up to Tom and ignore his attempts at getting inside her head. Since then, Belle has worked hard on her healing journey, and has even started running Take a Vow in the wake of Leyla and Suzy's deaths.
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In tonight's episode, Belle and her family arrived at Home Farm for Lydia's (Karen Blick) birthday party. She had a letter addressed to her but hid it in her bag, not wanting to draw any attention to herself on someone else's big day. More Trending
As time ticked on though and the Dingles became tipsier, Chas (Lucy Pargeter) found the letter and wanted to know what it was. In front of Chas, Mandy (Lisa Riley) and Paddy (Dominic Brunt), Belle revealed that she has got confirmation the divorce process is very nearly over.
The trio were thrilled for Belle but she was adamant she didn't want to celebrate on Lydia's birthday.
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However, with Lydia strangely absent, they pointed out she was still very much entitled to enjoy the free drinks at the table.
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