Emmerdale airs troubling aftermath of Vinny Dingle's attack in ITVX release

On Tuesday (12th August), Vinny realised that Mike, who he met via a support forum for those questioning their sexuality, wasn't the friendly ally he first appeared to be.

Mike revealed he had been recording his conversations with Vinny, and threatened to expose the truth to Vinny's fiancée Gabby Thomas (Rosie Bentham) unless he paid him off.

It wasn't long before Mike gave Vinny a vicious beating, and Vinny complied with the blackmail plot in order to escape the violence.

With Gabby oblivious as the soap picked up the next day, Vinny hides his injuries - but when his friend Kammy Hadiq (Shebz Miah) approaches and teases him about following bride-to-be Gabby's orders, telling him to 'man up', Vinny snaps.

The day takes an unsettling turn as Vinny takes his situation out on Kammy, but Kammy can see Vinny is in a dark place.

You'll have to tune in via ITVX, or watch on ITV1 at 7:30pm, to see the full story.

But the drama comes just as Kammy is warned off by boss Cain Dingle (Jeff Hordley) from pursuing Belle Dingle (Eden Taylor-Draper), after a dating app mishap which also saw Kammy cheekily style his profile as the managing director of the garage!

Belle is mortified to hear what Cain has done, but while she reiterates to Kammy that she's not interested in him, Lydia Dingle (Karen Blick) wonders if Belle is covering her true feelings.

Will Belle give Kammy a chance?

And will Vinny put things right with his new pal, and find the strength to report Mike to the police?

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Emmerdale airs weeknights at 7:30pm on ITV1. Stream on ITVX.

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