Emmerdale spoilers: Cain Dingle comes clean to Debbie about killing Joe Tate

The tangled web of lies finally begins to unravel

Cain

by Marianna Manson |
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Cain Dingle comes clean to daughter Debbie after being asked to identify a body that isn't Joe Tate's, and it isn't long before Cain and Moira Barton's role in the murder become clear too.

Maya and Jacob are still playing away behind David's back, but he begins to get suspicious after noticing her behaving strangely with her phone.

Sam says he wants to expand the family, leaving Lydia wondering what he means. But when the new Dingle shows up, they're not exactly what she expected...

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After reporting Joe as missing, Debbie is asked to formally identify a body, but backs out at the last minute. Cain offers to fill in, and informs Debbie the body isn't Joe,

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Wracked with guilt seeing how upset Debbie is, Cain comes clean about killing Joe.

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Horrified, Debbie rushes from the room, as Cain realises what he's done.

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Debbie heads to confront Graham, who is floored when she tells him what Cain has said

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Graham and Debbie contemplate their next moves. Later, Cian turns up at home farm and reveals to Debbie that Graham was also in on Joe's death.

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Meanwhile, Moira has been despairing about Cain's confession. As Cain tries to explain, Debbie realises Moira knew, too.

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Frustrated and scared, Cain snaps, angry that Moira has got involved.

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Cain turns violent, pushing Moira up against a wall. Will the two women in his life ever be able to trust him again?

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Jacob has been sending racy topless photographs to Maya, but she's caught out when she leaves her phone at the shop, snatching it away from Amba

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Priya is suspicious about Maya's strange behavior, and stirs the pot, planting the idea in David's head that Maya may be cheating.

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The next day, Maya scolds Jacob for being so careless and risking blowing their cover.

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Later, Maya and Jacob have their hearts in their throats, and David confronts Maya about her odd behavior with her phone.

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Will Maya and David be able to keep up their charade?

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With Belle still shaken over Lochlan, Sam thinks it's time that a new Dingle joined the clan, to cheer her up.

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He presents Belle and Lydia with an adorable new piglet, which they name Spamela Hamderson.

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The girls are thrilled with their new family member, but later Lydia confides privately in Belle that she thought Sam had been talking about something quite different...

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Meanwhile, after Charity twists her arm Chas finally agrees to pay the staff at the Woolpack more money...

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...but Bob knows that will barely scrape the tip of his financial issues. As he searches for cheap accommadation, he comes across an ad for a homeless hostel.

Now let's recap on what's going on this week...

A sinister stranger sets the Woolpack alight, leaves Vanessa Woodfield for dead and drives away with Johnny is next week's Emmerdale

Debbie Dingle is unnerved when she begins receiving packages from Joe Tate, and confused, reports him as a missing person to the police. Graham Foster and Cain fear the end is nigh.

'Newly weds' Marlon Dingle and Jessie Grant want to officiate their marriage, but are in for a shock when a long since gone family member shows up at the church to act as witness.

With Lachlan White behind bars, Belle Dingle is frustrated when no one believes that he could be behind the nasty tricks being pulled in the village. But Lachlan has managed to smuggle a phone inside..

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