Emmerdale is entering its darkest phase as the villainous Celia Daniels – the village’s iron woman – officially betrays her son, Ray Walters, in a shocking plot twist.

Initially, the two were a powerful duo controlling smuggling, money laundering, and the villagers through fear.

Ray was loyal, doing everything to make his mother proud.

But when the murder of young Anya was uncovered, Celia blamed everything on her son to protect herself.

In a shocking scene broadcast early on ITVX, Ray is escorted away by police in the rain, his eyes filled with pain as he sees his mother standing silently at the door. He shouts, “Mom, you know I didn’t kill anyone!” But Celia coldly replied, “Sometimes, someone has to sacrifice themselves for things to survive.”

Not only was Ray betrayed, but Bear Wolf – once an ally – was also harmed by Celia. She staged a fake crime scene to frame Moira Dingle, making the entire village believe that Moira had murdered someone and hidden the body on the farm. When the police found Moira’s blanket wrapped around the body, everything seemed to close… until Cain Dingle discovered tire tracks that matched Celia’s truck.

The upcoming episodes promise to be a battle of wits for survival: Moira searches for evidence to clear her name, while Celia plans her escape. But karma never sleeps. A new trailer shows Ray escaping from the prison van, returning to Dales with a chilling line: “Mother, now it’s my turn to teach you what betrayal is.”