The midweek episode shocked the audience when April Windsor, a normally gentle girl, was arrested by the police in the middle of the village market.

The reason: she was suspected of being involved in a crime ring led by Ray and Celia.

The image of April handcuffed, her face panicked, tears rolling down made the whole of Emmerdale stunned.

In the interrogation room, she repeatedly insisted: “I didn’t do anything, I was just trying to help Anya.”

But all the evidence was staged by Ray: fake text messages, fake bank accounts, and even edited videos that made her look like an accomplice. April was pushed to the brink of despair, her eyes were empty when she heard her lawyer say: “If you don’t confess, you’ll go to jail.”

According to a leak from DigitalSpy, April will face an extremely difficult choice – either denounce Ray and Celia, or stay silent to protect Bear and Anya. The scene where she sits in the cell, telling herself “No, I won’t be afraid anymore” is predicted to be the turning point that transforms April from a weak girl into a true warrior.

This is also a content line that has stirred up a lot of controversy: Emmerdale dares to exploit the topic of “victims being treated like criminals” – something that not every TV series has the courage to do.