ITV Emmerdale fans ‘rumble’ who Tom will frame for barn electrocution horror in evil twist

Emmerdale viewers are convinced they’ve rumbled Tom King’s next evil plan and it involves ‘framing someone’ for the barn electrocution.

The ITV soap is tackling a coercive control storyline with Tom and Belle Dingle, and fans have recently seen Tom isolating and manipulating his partner Belle. With his vile behaviour worsening recently and him having her under surveillance, recent episodes took an even more heartbreaking turn as Tom turned violent.

Only recently, Belle made a difficult decision after discovering she was pregnant. The character secretly terminated her pregnancy last week, deciding she could not go ahead with the pregnancy after Tom had put pressure on her to start a family. During Monday’s episode, Belle confessed to her mental health care coordinator, Rachel, that she told Tom she had a miscarriage instead of an abortion. During their appointment, Belle feared that Rachel was starting to realise the extent of Tom’s controlling behaviour, especially when she pointed out a dog camera for Piper, which Tom has been secretly using to record Belle at home.

Belle started to panic as she was desperate for Rachel to leave but as the latter continued to encourage her and handed over helplines to domestic abuse charities, the reality of Tom’s abuse hit home. Sensing Belle was scared, Rachel encouraged her to take a break from Tom. After the appointment, Belle quickly made arrangements to see Debbie Dingle in Scotland as she appeared to leave the village in a taxi.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the village, Tom was up at the farm doing some work, where Noah Dingle accidentally let slip that Belle was in town for an appointment instead of walking Piper, leaving the sinister vet fuming over his wife’s lies. After researching Belle’s location, Tom realised Belle had taken a trip to the abortion clinic and he was unable to contain his rage.

Tom started trashing the barn in anger before swinging an iron bar in the air for another blow which he accidentally hit against the barn’s rotary isolator behind him, Tom was electrocuted and hurled violently against a beam. It appeared that Tom was dead before a mystery person was seen trying to revive him.

Elsewhere, while it looked as though Belle had fled the village, she decided to head home to pick up Piper so they could go to Scotland together. In true soap style, Rhona Goskirk then appeared at the house, revealing Tom had been electrocuted and they had to head to hospital.

After anxiously heading over to the hospital, it was revealed that Tom had died but Paddy Kirk, who was nearby, was able to resuscitate him just in time. While in the hospital room, Tom woke up, claiming he couldn’t remember what had happened. Tom said: “The miscarriage, you’ve been through so much, you don’t need this. I thought I lost everything – you, us. But I’m here, I’m still here, and I’m never leaving you!”

Soap watchers have been quick to question whether Tom will frame Noah, who has been working as an electrician apprentice, for the barn electrocution despite the fact it was caused by Tom hitting the barn’s rotary isolator in a temper. Taking to social media, one person said: “Is anyone going to question why Tom was smashing up the barn in the first place?” to which another replied: “Surely when they go in they will see the barn is smashed up he pulled all the plastic down he will blame poor Noah saying wiring dodgy and make a claim to bring a Dingle down he is vile.” Elsewhere, another predicted: “I said I bet noah will get blamed!” while a different viewer added: “He’d gone in to speak to Noah (who is an apprentice electrician, so he’ll get blamed).”