Emmerdale fans 'work out' rapist Craig's downfall after spotting clue

12 September 2023 , 19:42

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Emmerdale fans 'work out' rapist Craig's downfall after spotting clue

Emmerdale fans think they have rumbled evil Craig Reed's downfall on the ITV soap after he raped Lydia Dingle in harrowing scenes.

Viewers were horrified in recent scenes as Lydia was raped by Craig in their work office. Prior to this, Craig and Lydia had bumped into each other after decades apart, having not seen each other since they were young teens. Craig and Lydia grew up in the same children's home years ago, where Lydia, real name Jenny, fell pregnant aged 15. Lydia gave birth alone but tragically the baby, Toby, was stillborn. Realising her baby had died, Lydia buried him in a woodland and ran away.

In recent scenes Lydia was stunned to come face-to-face with Craig all these years later, while Craig had no idea about the baby or his tragic death. Lydia explained everything to Craig and all about her fleeing, to which they shared a moment. As the pair got closer, Craig confessed his feelings to Lydia who was horrified and soon told him nothing could happen, and that she loved her husband Sam Dingle.

Emmerdale fans think they have rumbled evil Craig Reed's downfall on the ITV soap after he raped Lydia Dingle in harrowing scenes (ITV)

However, Craig cruelly ignored this and raped her, despite her telling him she did not want to sleep with him. Since then Lydia has been in turmoil and has not told anyone about her rape ordeal. Craig has denied raping her and instead claimed it was consensual. With Lydia in a bad way, Craig has begun showing up at her house and harassing her to stop her exposing what he did to her.

And in another cruel twist, Lydia's stepson Samson Dingle has secured work experience with Craig, where he has been showing him the ropes at the office. However, soap watchers think this could lead to Craig's downfall as they think Samson might find something on the work CCTV, which will incriminate Craig.

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Taking to social media, one person said: "Anyone else think that Sampson finds something on the CCTV when he’s at the office" to which a different account put: "Wow never thought of that! Let’s hope so", another follower wrote: "Good Thinking never thought of that!!!!!", a different fan wrote: "Yes, that was my first thought tonight when he called Lydia to the computer.. thought maybe he will find something on there" while another added: "Love this idea!"

If you've been the victim of sexual assault, you can access help and resources via www.rapecrisis.org.uk or calling the national telephone helpline on 0808 802 9999.

Olivia Wheeler