Emmerdale’s Vinny left for dead after brutal Tom attack as jealousy reaches new heights
Tom King's jealously gets the better of him next week as he lashes out at Vinny Dingle and attacks him after he catches him spending time with his wife Belle King
Vinny Dingle gets attacked by evil Tom King in Emmerdale next week.
When Tom (James Chase) thinks he’s missing out on a veterinary work trip he’s upset but Vanessa Woodfield (Michelle Hardwick) saves the day for him and Tom prepares for the trip. His new wife Belle (Eden Taylor-Draper) expresses her worry at being left alone but viewers know she isn’t as the puppy cam is revealing her every move.
Once at the hotel Tom prioritises watching his wife go about her business on the hidden camera but is incensed to see her pal Vinny Dingle (Bradley Johnson) arrive. Watching Tom’s infuriated and grabs his keys to travel home. With a face like thunder, furious Tom arrives home but Belle is not there and he’s frustrated as he struggles to locate her on his tracker app.
Meanwhile, oblivious Vinny and Belle walk their dogs in the woods. Belle complains about her temperamental phone so Vinny offers to fix it. Belle returns home. Tom, meanwhile, has tracked Belle’s phone to the scrapyard where unbeknownst to him Vinny has fixed it. Tom panics when he hears Vinny coming into the portacabin and hits him over the head with a paperweight. Tom wipes his fingerprints from the scene and abandons a bleeding Vinny for dead in the portacabin.
Belle is currently the victim of her husband Tom’s escalating coercive control. He has ridiculed, isolated and gaslighted his wife for wanting to pursue a career and spend time with her family, instead of dedicating all her time to him. Tom has repeatedly been cruel to Belle whenever she has stood up for herself. He’s even tricked her into believing she was at fault to manipulate situations in his favour.
In recent scenes, the villainous vet took things a step further by staging a break-in to punish Belle for staying out with Suzy Merton (Martelle Edinborough) after a successful day at work. Speaking to Belle on the phone, Tom made her feel guilty by claiming he was forced to throw away the dinner he had prepared for them because she had stayed out. Back at their home, Tom went ballistic as he started smashing the house up in a fit of rage.
When Belle eventually came home, Tom claimed they had been robbed and the culprits had taken her engagement and wedding ring – that he’d actually swiped them himself. Suzy thought something was off about the burglary, but Tom managed to convince police otherwise.
But fans immediately took to social media to point out a number of glaring errors involving the burglary. One wrote: “Tom putting 0 effort into his cover stories is definitely going to bite him.” A second penned: “Tom’s finger prints all over everything, easy cop, the writers didn’t think of that.” Another chipped in: “Errr, the door wasn’t broken neither was the window.. So how did they break in, Tom.”
Emmerdale airs weeknights on ITV1 and ITVX at 7.30pm
