Speculation has been rife as to who has been blackmailing Manpreet on Emmerdale – with Billy Fletcher emerging as one of the potential suspects. Last week’s episodes revealed that Manpreet has been harassed in secret after someone in the village discovered she’d been posting saucy pictures of herself online.
Confiding in Ella, Manpreet revealed she’d been getting a number of threatening texts, all claiming to know her secret. She shut down the page, but the texts (plus a mystery package) continued to roll in this week.
Manpreet’s torment continues
But who’s been sending them? On Wednesday’s episode, the soap dropped hints that it could have been either Tracy or Billy, with both being seen in the immediate vicinity as she got another poisonous message. And, with cash-strapped Tracy on her phone as she wandered by, she has both motive and opportunity.
Billy, meanwhile, had been jogging past at the same time. And, as last night’s episode revealed, he knows all about Manpreet‘s pictures – being a regular visitor to the page, if these scenes are anything to go by.
More evidence in the case against Billy emerged tonight (Friday, March 14) as the soap aired its most damning ‘clue’ so far. Red herring, or proof that Billy’s been blackmailing Manpreet? You decide.
Is Billy blackmailing Manpreet on Emmerdale?
Billy paid Manpreet a visit tonight as he went to collect Evan’s medicine from the surgery. In the back room, Manpreet had just received another text, this one reminding her that ‘I’M STILL HERE.’
Just then, Billy entered. And, as she went to collect Evan’s prescription, she fired off a response to the text, asking what they want from her. Billy’s phone then pinged at the exact same time. Distracted from the serious business of checking out Manpreet’s behind, Billy pocketed the phone and headed off with the medicine.
Clearly, the soap wants us to think that Billy could be responsible for Manpreet’s messages, and the evidence certainly looks compelling. After all, he knows about her page. And the timing of the texts is highly suspicious too.
But would he really do such a thing? If nothing else, it’s hard to picture Billy being an all-caps kind of guy. Who do you think is tormenting Manpreet?
