ITV Emmerdale’s Tom King exposed as Belle Dingle learns worrying detail

Emmerdale’s Tom King is set to be exposed on the hit ITV soap next week.

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.

In shocking scenes this week, Belle realises she is pregnant and next week sees the character wracked with nerves as she opens up to the midwife and admits she wants a termination. Booking an appointment for a scan, Belle is crushed that it has come to this. Later, as Tom returns home, Belle quickly hangs up a call with a taxi firm and keeps everything a secret from her abusive husband.

As Tom compliments her makeup, Belle decides to use the opportunity and strategically asks him to take a photo, and clocks his phone pin. After a little while, Tom heads upstairs and Belle unlocks his phone, trying to access his banking app to pay for the taxi. However, it’s not long until Belle is floored when she makes a shocking discovery and realises Tom’s been tracking her every movements for months. Following the discovery, Belle feels trapped as she fails to convince Tom to let her use the car.

Finding a spare key, Belle is unsure whether to risk it and drive herself to the abortion clinic. Meanwhile, Amelia reluctantly agrees to look after her dog Piper, and Belle slips her phone into Esther’s pram so Tom can’t track her. Paranoid, Belle checks she’s not being watched and gets into Tom’s car. Whilst at the clinic, Belle struggles to make sense of her situation with Tom, but she is adamant she can’t have this baby… what happens next and will Tom find out?

It comes as Belle star Eden Taylor-Draper said earlier this year over the storyline: “When we first heard from the producers the way the Tom and Belle relationship story was going to go, we were fully aware of the responsibility that would bring. But it is an important story to tell.

“Soaps offer the viewer a glimpse of life behind closed doors and reveal what people present to the world isn’t always a truth. The sad reality is that behaviour like this in a relationship is all too prevalent. I hope we do this story justice. And if people are in a situation like this they should definitely get help.”