The following article contains spoilers from an episode of Emmerdale that hasn’t aired on ITV1 yet, but can be viewed on ITVX.
Robert Sugden (Ryan Hawley) has been given a warning by someone in Emmerdale after proving that Owen Michaels (Simon Haines) did not kill Nate Robinson (Jurell Carter).
Yesterday, Robert discovered that John Sugden (Oliver Farnworth) had visited Owen right before he was found dead. He was incredibly suspicious, and then contacted his brother Steve to learn more about him.
Steve confirmed to Robert that he was with Owen the day Nate died, which proved he didn’t commit the crime. It was a huge twist for Robert, but he felt frustrated when Steve then said he had no intention of telling the police this.
Steve’s reluctancy to clear his brother’s name was because he was attending an illegal job with Owen and didn’t want the police to know. While Steve didn’t want to tell them – Robert did, and wasted no time in heading to the station in this evening’s episode.
Unfortunately, Robert was faced with an uninterested DC Cole. He pointed out that Robert’s claim isn’t particularly thorough, because it comes from him and not Steve.
Cole then contacted Steve, and returned to ‘prove’ to Robert that he was lying.
Steve had told Cole that he was at a birthday party the day Nate died, and had no idea where Owen was. Robert was incredibly annoyed and had no choice but to leave.
A while later, Robert was at The Hide by himself. He was enjoying a drink, but that was very quickly thrown to the floor by Steve, who had arrived a very angry man indeed.
Steve grabbed Robert and told him to back off, because he doesn’t like it when the police dig into his business. It was a clear message, and Robert agreed to leave him alone.
He’s reached a dead end but in upcoming episodes, Robert will learn more about the many times John has saved the lives of Emmerdale villagers.
It will bring him closer to the truth, but whether anyone actually believes his claims that John is hiding something remains to be seen.
