Emmerdale spoilers follow for next week.
Emmerdale star Ryan Hawley has delved into the mindset behind Robert Sugden’s major decision, as the guilt of being responsible for Moira Dingle’s imprisonment becomes too much and he decides to hand himself in.
Speaking about next week’s scenes, Hawley described it as an “absolute last chance, race against the clock”.
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“Robert’s going to have to turn himself in to protect Moira and confess to all the things he’s done, like planting the evidence”, the actor explained.
“He has to prevent Moira getting a really long sentence, taking her away from her family and kids. Robert’s decided he can’t see them suffer. Aaron’s suggested they have to get information from Bear that no one else could. So Robert goes to prison to push for answers in the hope something will come up.”
It’s not until young Kyle Winchester goes missing and Robert finds him that he becomes determined to do the right thing, however.
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Kyle goes missing and there’s a village-wide search for him”, Hawley stated. “Robert finds him and makes a decision off the back of Kyle saying how Moira going to prison has impacted his life.
“And I think Robert really feels that. He feels the weight of the consequences of what he’s done. He feels the only way to make things right is by putting himself back in the situation where he’d get charged with tampering with evidence, and then go to prison.”
The number plate that Bear buried could be a key piece of evidence in prooving Moira’s innocence, but as Hawley said, it’s a race against time. Can Robert and Aaron get to the storage facility and find it before it’s too late?
Emmerdale airs on weeknights at 8pm on ITV1, and streams on ITVX.
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