ITV Emmerdale exit ‘sealed’ as Nicola King left gobsmacked over 𝕕eath bombshell

Emmerdale fans could be saying goodbye to one character as Nicola King was left gobsmacked over a huge death bombshell on Thursday.

The ITV soap was full of heartbreak on New Year’s Day as teenager Heath died after joyriding in a car with his twin sister Cathy and Angelica.

The teenagers had been desperate to go to a New Year’s Eve party out of the village but couldn’t get a lift and their dad Bob Hope refused to pay for a taxi. The trio were left bored at the B&B’s party so decided to take matters into their own hands, stealing Wendy’s car to joyride to the party.

Cathy was driving the car as she took the backroads so they wouldn’t be caught but Heath and Angelica complained it was taking too long, encouraging Cathy to speed up. At the same time, Wendy noticed her car was missing and April Windsor, who refused to get in the car with her friends, told concerned Bob what had happened.

Wendy and Bob then went out in search of the teenagers, where their worst fears had come true. The duo found Wendy’s car crashed at the side of the road with a bloodied Cathy and Angelica on the side. Realising Heath was missing they ran to the car to find him trapped and after freeing him, Wendy attempted CPR to no avail as later in the hospital it was revealed that Heath had tragically died.

Since the crash, both Cathy and Angelica have claimed the other person was driving with the village left torn over who to believe, especially Bob who has been refusing to see Cathy in order to protect her from himself. On Thursday, it was the day of Heath’s funeral and Bob was distraught to think Cathy was still lying as he crumbled at the prospect of the day.

Wendy tried to console a distraught Bob but he decided that he couldn’t face it and refused to attend the funeral, preferring to be alone with his grief. In a heartbreaking moment, Eric broke the news to Cathy that Bob wouldn’t be attending the funeral. However, despite being devastated, Cathy put her feelings aside, determined to do right by her brother.

In heartbreaking scenes, the village turned out to pay their respects to Heath, meanwhile, inside, a broken Bob was consumed by grief. During the funeral, Cathy started to buckle under the emotional weight of seeing Heath’s coffin but was grateful to find a supportive Bob by her side after he changed his mind.

Meanwhile, later, Cathy was broken to realise that dad Bob still doesn’t believe her over the night of the crash. However, Cathy stood her ground, stating that she won’t move home if Bob can’t believe her. Cathy was supported by her friends as an emotional Bob left.

Meanwhile, over in the graveyard, Angelica was overwhelmed with guilt as she confessed to her gobsmacked mother, Nicola King, that she was the one driving the car when Heath died as she worried about being sent to prison. It remains to be seen what happens next but could an exit be looming for Angelica after the bombshell?