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Emmerdale star Katie Hill warns Dr Todd's death will stay with Sarah Sugden "for the rest of her life"

It's been a dramatic week in the Dales.

Katie Hill on Emmerdale sat on a sofa, looking ahead.

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Published: Wednesday, 12 August 2026 at 2:16 pm

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Sarah Sugden's life will be permanently altered following the death of Dr Caitlin Todd (Caroline Harker) in Emmerdale, teases actress Katie Hill.

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The character is dealing with a life-limiting condition - Fanconi anaemia, which is a rare, inherited genetic condition which predisposes her to developing cancers and other health issues.

To add to her trauma, she's now a murderer.

Earlier this week, after discovering that Todd raped her grandmother Charity Dingle (Emma Atkins), Sarah pushed the surgeon to her death. At present, the two are scrambling to cover their tracks, with Charity taking responsibility.

She was concerned that, if Sarah was sent down, she'd lose out on vital time with her daughter Leyla. The bigger issue is that, although Charity was surrogate during the baby's gestation, she isn't Sarah's daughter at all.

Sarah and Charity have a tense conversation in Emmerdale

Katie Hill as Sarah Sugden and Emma Atkins as Charity Dingle. ITV

Charity had actually fallen pregnant with Ross Barton's (Michael Parr) child instead. But this is a soap opera, and secrets don't stay secret for long.

"I think it's going to tear her world apart [when she inevitably finds out]," Hill told Radio Times.

"It'll leave her broken. Leyla's everything to her. All she ever wanted was to be a mum, and it was a massive thing for Charity to do [for her]. So to find out the truth, I think she'll be heartbroken.

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Hill also pondered whether the revelation could eventually cause a huge rift in the Dingle clan.

"It'll be a massive, massive moment, and it'll be interesting to see the dynamics left between them," she teased.

"And also, you know, with Cain and Charity, whose side would the Dingles take? Will Charity be left on her own?"

As for the matter of Todd's murder, the actress asserted that it won't be an "easy road" ahead for Sarah, and that viewers should "stay tuned."

Sarah smiles at the camera holding baby Leyla, stood against a neutral deep blue background in key art for Emmerdale

Sarah Sugden (Katie Hill) is overjoyed - unaware that the baby isn't hers. ITV

Hill added: "I think she was just filled with rage. Right now, Charity is an absolute saint to Sarah. She's given her the best gift she could have ever asked for. She just saw red, and then that obviously is what led to Todd being dead.

"Where do you go with that? It's something that will stay with her for the rest of her life, and we'll definitely see her go on a journey of dealing with it, how finding ways to cope with it.

"She's really not been given good cards, has she? I mean, cancer from a young age and then accidentally killing someone. It is all going on."

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Michael AdamsSoaps Editor

Michael Adams is the Soaps Editor at Radio Times, covering all of the hot gossip and spoilers from Weatherfield to Walford, Emmerdale to Hollyoaks and everywhere in-between. He joined the team from Metro, where he spent two years as a Soaps Reporter and previously worked on the sets of both Coronation Street and Emmerdale.

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