ITV Emmerdale Gus Malcolms’ downfall ‘sealed’ after court ‘mistake’ that ‘proves guilt’

Emmerdale ‘s Rhona Goskirk found herself in a court horror on Thursday night as she went against ex Gus Malcolms.

Viewers will recall that last year, Rhona found out ex-husband Gus and his partner Lucy were expecting a baby together despite them telling Rhona months earlier that they were having fertility issues and could not conceive a child.

Years earlier, Rhona and Gus had IVF treatment which led to them freezing some embryos, but when they split up Rhona assumed they were destroyed. Gus stopped this from happening, before asking if he and Lucy could use them a year ago.

Rhona declined, but Gus forged her signature and Lucy fell pregnant with his and Rhona’s embryo. Tragically Lucy died while giving birth to baby Ivy leaving her partner distraught and grief-stricken, while Rhona was torn that a baby that was biologically hers no longer had a mother.

What started as Rhona and her family helping Gus out led to Rhona admitting she could not let go of Ivy, and wanting to be part of her life. A war forged between the parents as Gus planned to flee with the baby only for Rhona to take Ivy away from the village, with her arrested for kidnap.

As both of them faced trouble with the police, Gus decided to come to a compromise suggesting they both change their statements so that neither of them had to go to court. Gus also claimed he would call off the move and come to an agreement with her over access to her daughter. But Rhona soon realised he was lying and that his plans had not changed at all, resulting in her vowing to get Ivy home with her.

This week has seen Rhona prepare for court as she dreaded facing her kidnap charges. On Thursday, the court trial finally arrived and Gus soon twisted the narrative as a horrified Rhona watched on. However, it wasn’t long until Rhona’s defence fought back when they started to question Gus’ good character.

Later, Rhona’s best friend and co-worker Vanessa Woodfield took the stand, where things started off well before Gus’ defence cross examined the village vet, where she was caught out by the prosecution’s questions. Later, when it was Rhona’s turn to take to the stand, the character faced the prosecution’s accusations about her character to which a fired-up Rhona lost her composure, lashing out at Gus, who kept smirking at her in the court room.

It wasn’t long until the judge adjourned for the day, which left Rhona kicking herself for getting so upset and wondering if it had ruined her chances in court while a smug Gus revelled in her discomfort.

After court was adjourned, Rhona went to speak to her team, where Gus came over and said: “Well done Rhona! You offended the judge, the jury thinks you’re hysterical and it turns out we didn’t need to get the drug addiction to stick… bring it back tomorrow because you won’t be going home!”

Taking to Twitter, now X, viewers were quick to point out Gus’ constant smirking in court and hoped that the jury had picked up on his “guilty” behaviour. One person said: “Like the jury can’t see Gus smirking in the courtroom #emmerdale” while another added: “Rhona’s barrister needs to tell the judge about Gus smirking or even announce it to the whole court. See who’ll be smirking then #Emmerdale.”

Elsewhere, a different viewer questioned: “I didn’t think Rhona and Gus or anyone who’s facing court together was allowed to talk to eachother ?? #Emmerdale” while another added: “The smirky looks there giving each other across the courtroom #Emmerdale Gus is guilty #thatisit.”