Major Emmerdale character makes dramatic return – and violently 𝕒ttacks a villager

Victoria Sugden (Isabel Hodgins) and Jacob Gallagher (Joe-Warren Plant)’s romance in Emmerdale caused all sorts of trouble, mainly because Victoria also happened to be Jacob’s dad David Metcalfe (Matthew Wolfenden)’s ex, and David had hopes of rekindling their relationship.

When David discovered what had been going on between Jacob and Victoria he was so devastated that he left the village, and recently let it be known that he has no intention of returning.

This left David’s dad Eric Pollard (Chris Chittell) heartbroken, although he still maintains a good relationship with his grandson Jacob.

Jacob’s mum Leyla (Roxy Shahidi) was also less than impressed when she heard about her son’s new love. Leyla can’t stand Victoria and blamed her for once almost killing Jacob by being a bit too casual about his serious nut allergy.

When Jacob decided to turn down a placement in Berlin that would have been good for his medical career because he wanted to stay with Victoria, she ultimately decided she couldn’t let him sacrifice his future for her and ended the relationship.

While this was done for the best of reasons, for Pollard it only made things worse because the romance had wrecked David’s life and shattered Eric’s family, apparently all for nothing.

He blamed Victoria and got Jai (Chris Bisson) to contrive a reason to sack her from her job at the Hide.

In upcoming episodes Jacob is heartbroken that things have ended between him and Victoria. He hopes that he can persuade her to take him back so he resists getting back to his studies even though Leyla is encouraging him to move on with his life.

As for Victoria, she’s fuming about losing her job, missing Jacob and wondering whether she made the right decision. Wendy (Susan Cookson) thinks it’s a good idea for her to get out of the village for a while so they head off for lunch.

This does little to improve Victoria’s mood and on arriving back in Emmerdale almost the first person she sees is Leyla, who can’t resist having a go about Jacob.

The argument escalates and a furious Victoria ends up punching Leyla. PC Swirling (Andy Moore) is soon on the scene and he arrests Victoria for assault.

When Jacob finds out about the fight, will he side with Leyla or Victoria?