A number of Emmerdale fans are speculating a former resident of the village is behind a revenge plan on Joe Tate (Ned Porteous).
A couple of days ago, Joe discovered his posh car had been keyed. He immediately set about accusing Billy Fletcher (Jay Kontzle) adamant he was finally getting his own back after the marriage breakdown.
Utterly convinced, Joe enlisted help from old contact Shaun to ‘teach Billy a lesson’. Shaun was the person who stabbed Caleb Miligan (William Ash) before the kidney operation earlier this year. He was instructed by Joe to target Billy, but his plan never actually got underway.
As Shaun held a knife close to him, Billy was approached by Jai Sharma (Chris Bisson), who needed him to work at the depot. Billy and Jai then left, leaving Shaun to face a frustrated Joe.
When he got back to Home Farm, Shaun also learnt that someone had been in Joe’s bedroom. He confirmed a mysterious culprit had stolen his medication and left a threatening letter, and that he still thinks it was Billy.
Shaun then revealed that it definitely wasn’t Billy, as he didn’t see him leave the depot for the rest of the day. Confused, Joe has been trying to work out who is targeting him ever since.
While Joe hasn’t worked it out, some Emmerdale fans reckon they have. Taking to a Facebook page dedicated to the soap, audience members believe that Leyla Harding’s (Roxy Shahidi) sister Alicia (Natalie Anderson) is the one sneaking around.
‘Wonder if it’s Leyla’s sister Alicia that is targeting Joe because she wants revenge’, one user wrote. ‘Yes I think that’, a fan agreed.
‘I’d love it if she returned!’, another user of the page said.
Alicia hasn’t been seen in the village since 2015, but it’s possible she has come back after learning that Joe is the reason her sister is dead.
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In February, as part of his plan to find an organ donor, Joe spiked Noah Dingle (Jack Downham) and took him to a private hospital.
It turned out that Noah wasn’t a match, so Joe and Doctor Crowley let him go. However, as a result of him wandering around in a drugged state, Noah stumbled into the middle of a road, moments before Charity Dingle (Emma Atkins) approached driving a limo.
Charity was forced to swerve to prevent hitting Noah and when the vehicle stopped, a group of residents became trapped on a frozen lake.
The ordeal, ultimately caused by Joe, led to the deaths of Leyla, Suzy Merton (Martelle Edinborough) and Amy Wyatt (Natalie Ann Jameson).
