Brutal arrest aftermath for Moira in Emmerdale as evil Celia gets the last laugh

Even death can’t stop Celia Daniels (Jaye Griffiths) from making life miserable for the inhabitants of Emmerdale, as her final act of revenge is about to tear Moira Dingle’s (Natalie J Robb) life apart from beyond the grave.

The insidious human trafficker pulled the wool over the eyes of the entire village, and none more so than Moira.

Posing as a tough but fair farmer, Celia slithered her way into her good graces with offers of friendship and business partnership, all the while using Butler’s farm to run a sickening modern slavery ring with dozens of forced labourers, including the formidable former wrestler Bear Wolf (Joshua Richards), father of Emmerdale legend Paddy Kirk (Dominic Brunt).

Despite being oblivious to the true nature of Celia’s evil, Moira started to suspect foul play with their turkey deal when she discovered Celia had been forging her signature on invoices.

This led to a fiery confrontation in the Woolpack, where Celia tried to gaslit Moira into believing that her brain tumour was affecting her judgment. This ended about as well as you would imagine, with Moira giving Celia a good old soap slap, effectively ending their friendship and business partnership in one blow.

But nobody backhands the scariest farmer in Yorkshire and gets away with it.  Even after being murdered by her own son Ray Walters (Joe Absolom), Celia’s got one last nasty surprise in store.

Once the devilish druglord met her grisly end, Ray turned up dead soon afterwards. Suddenly police descended on Butler’s Farm, determined to get to the truth and pulling in suspects for interview left and right.

Despite Robert Sugden (Ryan Hawley) and Victoria Sugden’s (Isabel Hodgins) best efforts to defend Moira, their please fell on deaf ears – especially since self-serving Joe Tate (Ned Porteous) gives a damning assassination of Moira’s character during his interview.

Just when Moira things can’t get any worse, the police arrived with a warrant. Believing she’s got nothing to hide, Moira was only too happy to let them search. But her confidence crumbled when the police arrested her on suspicion of human trafficking. Things are looking pretty grim for our favourite farmer…

That’s not about to change any time soon in Thursday’s episode of Emmerdale where a shaken Moira returned home to her husband Cain Dingle (Jeff Hordley) and brother Mackenzie Boyd (Lawrence Robb) after being released pending investigation.

She feared that Celia’s attempts to frame her for people trafficking will be successful as the police are already painting her out to be some kind of monster. If Hotten’s finest already think the worst of her, surely her fellow villagers will be quick to point the finger?

She’s not wrong. After setting foot in the Woolpack for the first time since her arrest, Moira immediately faced suspicion when one villager started stirring the pot – Jimmy King (Nick Miles). Wasting no time, Jimmy was quick to give Moira the Spanish inquisition over her involvement with Celia’s criminal empire.

‘Why didn’t the police arrest you?’ He asked. ‘It would be good to hear your side of the story.’

While other villagers rallied around Moira, they may change their tune when they find out about the grave on Butler’s farm. Not only that, but the body of Anya, one of her enslaved farm workers, is still buried on Moira’s land wrapped in a blanket with Moira’s DNA all over it.

That’s not even her only problem. The explosive soap crossover Corriedale saw Cain Dingle plunged into danger when his car was caught in a devastating pile-up.

And when he was admitted to hospital, the scan revealed a mass that could be cancerous.

With her husband’s life under threat, this is the last thing Moira needs.

Will Celia get the last laugh?

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