Emmerdale starΒ James ChaseΒ has teased how his stint as evil abuserΒ Tom KingΒ could end.
Fans of theΒ ITVΒ soap have watched on in horror in recent months as Tom has continued to abuse wife Belle (Eden Taylor-Draper) in a groundbreaking coercive control plot.
Things are set to take another dark turn in next weekβs episodes, asΒ Tom discovers Belle has had a secret abortion.
When Tom smashes up a barn in a rage and ends up getting electrocuted, his own life looks to be hanging in the balance βΒ however, it turns out there is still a while yet to go with the storyline.
James spoken out about his hopes for Tom to get his comeuppance further down the line, saying in a press Q&A: βItβs what he deserves. He canβt get away with it.
βI donβt know to what extent that would be, or how the storyline would end but I would think it would have to be something like that because she needs justice for whatβs happened to her,β he went on.
βThe viewer needs that, for all the hell weβve seen Belle get put through we have to see her win in the end, or at the very least for him to lose.β
On what he thinks the outcome should be, James added: βI think definitely at least prison. There needs to be at least that. I donβt really know. Theyβre all interesting.β
Meanwhile, Emmerdale producer Laura Shaw has teased that viewersΒ should expect the storyline to run βuntil the end of this yearβ.
She said: βWe said right from the beginning that we wanted to tell this story as authentically and truthfully as we can. Letβs face it, for people who are subjected to domestic abuse this isnβt something thatβs over in a couple of weeks, itβs something that goes on for a long length of time and we wanted to be truthful to that.β
Laura also said that the team have βalways had a good idea in our heads exactly where we wanted it to endβ, and in the coming weeks and months, viewers will start to see more people βlook a bit more quizzicallyβ at Tom and Belleβs relationship and βquestion certain things that theyβre seeingβ.
However, she added: βI think from the research that weβve done and what the charities have said to us, quite often people donβt really pick up on these things. Itβs very difficult as an outsider looking in to kind of even push that and ask those sorts of questions.
