Emmerfail Emmerdale fans hit out at ITV soap and rant it’s ‘turned into a comedy’ after ‘ruined’ Belle Dingle plot

EMMERDALE fans have been left furious with the show after ‘ruining’ the long-running Belle Dingle abuse plot.

For months, fans of the ITV soap opera have witnessed on-screens how Belle has been subjected to vile abuse at the hands of her deeply evil husband Tom King.

Emmerdale fans have raged the show has ‘turned into a comedy’ after its latest episode

The aftermath of Tom’s axing saw the Dingle clan go into despairCredit: ITV

Many viewers thinks the episodes have not provided ‘justice’ for Belle

Tom has repeatedly controlled her, abused her and subjected her to his cruel ways of torment.

In shocking scenes last week, his ways drove Belle to breaking point after he locked her insider her own home with him.

Belle was then seen brandishing a gun at Tom as she finally snapped and took aim at her husband.

Amid a cat and mouse chasing game, Tom eventually wrested the gun off Belle before she ploughed an axe into his back.

In the following episode, convinced that she had killed him, Belle and the rest of the Dingle clan came up with a plan to hide Tom’s body and to cover-up his ‘murder’.

Lydia, Sam and Vinny all helped with the plan to get rid of Tom’s body and ensure his death was not linked to the family.

Nervous Vinny repeatedly insisted that they should phone the police and say Belle acted in self-defence but Lydia knew that the cops would not take it seriously and that Belle would be jailed for the crime.

But fans have since branded it a ‘farce’ that the storyline quickly turned into how best cover up a murder rather than focus on the actual abuse at hand and what Belle had been going through.

They were left reeling after suggesting that Emmerdale bosses had made a mockery of what was really going on.

Hitting out online, one enraged soap superfan said: “What the f*** is Friday’s episode of #emmerdale. It’s turned belles serious storyline into a fucking comedy with Sam Lydia and Vinny trying to hide a body which goes on a walkabout.

“I feel like I’m watching a slasher movie from the 80s.”

Another added: “Emmerdale have officially lost me now. They’ve taken a really important topical storyline and turned it into a farce/slapstick comedy. I’m done.”

A third went on to say: “The way this episode has panned out so far is a total insult to victims. What a farce.”

A fourth could not hide their anger as they penned: “It’s turned into a comedy episode. The editing is terrible.

“What a s****y ending to a storyline that is so serious that so many people go through daily

Before someone else echoed: “Anyone else kind of feel they have ruined all the hard work they did by doing this with Belle and Tom?”

It was later revealed that Tom had actually survived the brutal axing and was recuperating in hospital.

It left Belle on the edge of a confession as she felt she had to confess to what she had done in order to feel free.

Speaking to Sam and Vinny, a distressed Belle said: “I need to go in there [Tom’s hospital room] and see what’s going on.”

As they insisted she should go home and she could “blow everything”, Belle replied: “But I already have, haven’t I?

“If Tom dies, that is another life that I have taken – how do I live with myself?

“If he survives and he lands me in it, then my life is over.

“So whatever happens, I am screwed.”

Tom received an axe in the backCredit: ITV