Laurel Thomas (Charlotte Bellamy) comes across a bloodied and bruised Tom King (James Chase) in Emmerdale next week.
The abusive character is currently aware his time in the village is running out. This week, the police uncovered the smoking gun needed to prove his guilt, with the missing tablet having been found.
The electronic device, as viewers know, was destroyed by Tom a number of weeks ago after cousin Carl Holliday (Charlie Joyce) borrowed it to play games.
With the police intent on seizing all his devices, the abuser terrorised Carl into handing it over and later destroyed it in the garden, hoping to get rid of any evidence that would prove he did abuse wife Belle Dingle (Eden Taylor-Draper).
Little did Tom know, however, that Carl had witnessed him doing so. The little boy was terrified of the former vet and thus told Nicola (Nicola Wheeler), who came to realise that Tom wasn’t as innocent as he was claiming to be.
Despite Jimmy (Jimmy King) fervently supporting his nephew, Nicola decided that the police needed to know what Carl saw and took him to the station, where they reported the tablet incident to DS Foy.
Tom was subsequently taken to the station for more questioning, where he was held over night. He painted himself once again as a nice, understanding guy, but the mask slipped somewhat when DS Foy revealed that he’d uncovered some pretty damning evidence.
Suffice to say Tom is getting desperate, but it’s possible things are going to change again as in this new video, Laurel approaches the church and finds Tom on the floor after an attack.
He has blood on his hands and quickly stands up as Laurel tries to help him.
In the scenes that follow after this clip, Laurel will suggest Tom goes to A&E or reports the assault to the police, but he says no.
But why?
Knowing of how his future could pan out, could he have orchestrated the attack on himself to create a distraction?
