Emmerdale's Robert Sugden batters brother John to the ground with a wrench in brutal attack - with life-changing consequences
As viewers will know, Robert (Ryan Hawley) shocked the village when he made a shock return back in May when he gatecrashed his ex Aaron Dingle's (Danny Miller) wedding to his long-lost brother John (Oliver Farnworth).
Back in 2019, Robert was sent to prison for accidentally killing Wendy Posner's (Susan Cookson) son Lee (Kris Mochrie) after raping his sister Victoria Barton (Isabel Hodgins).
But since his return the siblings haven't seen eye to eye.
During the most recent instalment of the ITV soap (31 July 2025), Robert tried to provoke a reaction from John.
John tried to ignore him, but things got very heated after their sister Victoria tried to get to the bottom of what was going on.
To make matters worse, it was revealed that Robert was involved in the recent break-in at Moira Dingle's farm, Butler's Farm.
So this meant that nobody was impressed with Robert's actions - so much so that his former flame Aaron told him that he needs to leave the village for good.
And a smug John told him that he thinks that he needs to seek medical help.
But that led them on to have a very heated confrontation out in the street.
A very happy John wanted to rub it into Robert's face that nobody is impressed with him at the moment.
That riled up his brother and led them on to get into a physical fight.
Robert got out a wrench and knocked his brother to the ground.
But what will the repercussions of Robert's actions be?
But what will the repercussions of Robert's actions be? Will he end up in prison AGAIN? Or will he feel guilty and want to make amends with his brother?
Will he end up in prison AGAIN?
Or will he feel guilty and want to make amends with his brother?
Robert first appeared in the dales back in the 80s.
He was first played by Richard Smith, followed by Christopher Smith.
Between 2001 and 2009 Karl Davies portrayed the character.
But Ryan has played Robert since 2014.
Robert returned to Emmerdale earlier this year and he revealed the extreme lengths they took on keeping his storyline under wraps.
Speaking to The Mirror about his epic return, he said: 'The secret is out today!
'My character is returning permanently and not just for Aaron and John's wedding. I am back for good, and I am so excited to be playing Robert again.'
The star has been living in Brazil with his family over the past year and never thought it was the 'right time' to reprise his role.
But something had changed to make him return.
And the show pulled out all the stops to make sure that the return was a surprise and kept under wraps for as long as possible.
He explained: 'My scripts have had Marco on them, rather than Robert, and so much effort has been put into it.
'I have been coming in via a secret entrance, so nobody could see me arrive, and it has been very hush, hush.
'I have also got driven in by one of our very trusted esteemed transport seniors to make sure it stayed a secret, and so much hard work has been put into it logistically.'
Emmerdale airs on ITV1 and is available to stream on ITVX.
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