#Emmerdale - Season 55 Episode 84 - Monday 4th May 2026 #video #trending #viral #dailymotionlove
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00:32Okay, so the prosecution will give their evidence first, call their witnesses, then it's our side, okay?
00:38Okay.
00:39We'll hear from Paddy and Dylan, and Simon Clark's agreed to testify too.
00:44That's good, isn't it?
00:45Very.
00:47We're in the same boat.
00:50He can back up what we're saying.
00:52Tell it first hand.
00:54I won't have to speak, though. I still won't have to speak.
00:56Because I can't do that.
00:58No, definitely not. We've got enough strong witnesses, especially with Simo now.
01:03We don't need to put you under pressure.
01:05Yeah, because I'm no good with questions, like at the police station.
01:09I don't want to go through that again.
01:21Ready?
01:21Want to take some breakfast in the car?
01:30Okay, you've been through everything with the solicitor.
01:33But if you're feeling wobbly, it might not be too late for the video link.
01:38Not if I'm a witness for the prosecution.
01:40I need to face them. I have to be strong.
01:43Just take each question as it comes. Try not to overthink it.
01:46You don't understand.
01:47If the jury sees some sad little victim who was stupid enough to deal drugs,
01:54then they're never going to believe me, are they?
01:55Of course they will.
01:58But I could make it worse for them.
02:00That's why the prosecution want me.
02:03Because it'll trip them up.
02:05April.
02:06If they get sent to prison because of me, Dad, then...
02:09If that happens, it won't be your fault, love.
02:13Think of everything you've been through since you met Ray.
02:17The drugs, the grooming.
02:21Meeting men in hotel rooms.
02:23Desperate to tell me, to ask for help what you couldn't
02:25because every time you got close,
02:26Ray would think of an even worse threat than before.
02:28Dad.
02:28Listen to me.
02:29This is your chance to tell the truth.
02:33To explain to them jurors who won't have a clue.
02:35And I know it's painful and sad and really shocking.
02:42But after everything,
02:44this should be the easy part.
02:50Alright.
02:50See you in a bit.
02:52She has a sense of love.
02:53Aww.
02:54She's with Eve, trying to keep things normal.
02:57How's your Dad?
02:58He's already at the court.
02:59He's with Zara.
03:00Oh, and we've had some good news.
03:01The, uh, the judge has accepted our request for our last minute witness.
03:04What, this Simo fella?
03:06Yeah.
03:06Yeah, Paddy managed to persuade him.
03:08Oh, well, that's brilliant.
03:10Be not a flip of a make-up for Bear not speaking, won't it,
03:11if he tells it how it war.
03:14Oh.
03:15No, I'll get it.
03:16Oh.
03:21Um, I saw that you hadn't left.
03:24Yeah, actually, we really need to get going.
03:27Can I come?
03:28To the court?
03:29I really want to be there,
03:31but, um, I just wanted to check with you first.
03:33Laura, of course.
03:34Look, it's a free country.
03:35I-I know I didn't have to ask permission,
03:38but I messed up before.
03:40I'd hate to do that again.
03:43No, I appreciate that.
03:44I-I'm absolutely fine with you coming.
03:46As long as you are.
03:48You know, with...
03:50the details.
03:52I need to hear it.
03:55See you there.
04:00Right.
04:02Yes.
04:03Come on.
04:12So, how's that, April?
04:14No, putting way too much pressure on yourself.
04:18Poor kid.
04:19Called as a prosecution witness.
04:20It's just not fair.
04:22So, what about the court?
04:25Oh, God.
04:40Thanks, again.
04:41So, let's get together.
04:41All right.
04:47I'm going to go.
04:48I'm going to go.
04:49I'm going to go.
04:50I'm going to go.
04:50I'm going to go.
04:51I'm going to go.
04:51All rise.
04:58Members of the jury,
05:00we have three defendants before the court.
05:03Mr. Howlson is charged with the offence of murder.
05:08Mr. Dingle and Mr. Penders are each charged
05:11with perverting the course of justice.
05:13You must consider the case against them separately,
05:17even though the prosecution says the events are connected.
05:21The defence will claim that Mr. Howlson acted lawfully in self-defence
05:25and the defence of others.
05:27We will demonstrate that this claim is untrue.
05:31Mr. Howlson killed Ray Walters in cold blood,
05:35as he admitted to the police.
05:37Mr. Dingle and Mr. Penders are claiming self-defence
05:39in order to exonerate his actions.
05:42Or else, why would Mr. Dingle and Mr. Penders
05:44remove the body from the scene
05:45if Mr. Howlson had acted in lawful defence?
05:49If Mr. Howlson lived in fear of Ray Walters,
05:52why is there a bank account in his name
05:54with payments from the victim?
05:56I will prove to you
05:58that Mr. Howlson was not a forced labourer,
06:01but a willing part of Mr. Walters' criminal organisation.
06:05Ray Walters made Mr. Howlson utterly dependent
06:10in every way.
06:12He controlled him totally.
06:15His actions, therefore, were wholly proportionate
06:18based on the extreme violence he'd seen Mr. Walters inflict.
06:22The defendant was in no doubt
06:24that Mr. Walters was about to kill him,
06:27and Mr. Dingle and Mr. Penders
06:29were caught up in this traumatic event,
06:31believing until that moment
06:33Mr. Howlson had been killed by Celia Daniels.
06:38It's no wonder they panicked,
06:41acted irrationally.
06:42The situation was beyond the realms
06:44of anything they had even encountered before.
06:52I swear by almighty God
06:54that the evidence I shall give
06:55shall be the truth,
06:56the whole truth,
06:57and nothing but the truth.
07:04How would you describe
07:05Mr. Howlson's state of mind?
07:08He was upset.
07:10Agitated.
07:12I tried to get someone who could help,
07:14but he grabbed me by the chest.
07:18How long did this last
07:20before Mr. Howlson released you?
07:21Not long.
07:23I made some noise
07:24and he just kind of let go.
07:27Like he came to his senses.
07:28Would you say you were unharmed?
07:30Yes.
07:31No bruises or compression marks?
07:34No.
07:35Was he standing behind you?
07:37Yes.
07:38A bear hug, in other words,
07:40if you'll excuse the pun.
07:42The exact same method of restraint
07:44the defendant used on Mr. Walters.
07:46So what?
07:47He didn't hurt Jacob, did he?
07:49No, but I think that's the point.
07:51We just heard from one of the pathologists
07:52who prepared the reports
07:53on Mr. Walters' body.
07:55They found extensive contusions,
07:59multiple rib fractures,
08:01cardiac contusion.
08:03Would you agree you got off lightly?
08:06I can't really answer that.
08:09Did you know Mr. Howlson
08:10is a former professional wrestler?
08:13Yes, everybody does.
08:15A man whose job relies on him
08:16precisely knowing his own strength.
08:18So aptly demonstrated by the fact
08:20that despite his agitated state,
08:22the defendant released you.
08:23Your Honor?
08:24Whereas the pathologist states
08:25that excessive force was used
08:27for Mr. Walters' restraint and submission.
08:29Mr. Walters had stopped breathing
08:31long before he was released.
08:32Your Honor, this has already been established.
08:34Have you any further questions
08:35for the witness?
08:37No.
08:38Thank you, Mr. Sundin.
08:40Please call your next witness.
08:48We're on.
08:49Go on, April.
08:50You can do this.
08:52I swear, my almighty God,
08:53that the evidence I shall give
08:54shall be the truth,
08:55the whole truth,
08:56and nothing but the truth.
09:02Tell us what happened
09:03on the 30th of December, 2025.
09:06Er.
09:07Did you go to Celia Daniels' farm?
09:09Bear.
09:09Yes.
09:10For what reason?
09:12To rescue Bear.
09:14Celia and Ray were leaving,
09:16so I had no other choice.
09:17And did you?
09:18You rescued him?
09:20No.
09:22He didn't trust the outside world.
09:24They'd got into his head.
09:26Was it just you and Mr. Houser?
09:28Yes.
09:28Was he restrained under lock and key?
09:30Well, not then,
09:31but he was usually locked up
09:32in an attic.
09:34There was a key,
09:35but I didn't need it.
09:36Was there anything
09:37preventing him leaving?
09:39Only himself.
09:41Only himself?
09:42This man who the defence allege
09:43was completely terrified
09:44of the threat Mr. Walters presented.
09:46You'd think he'd be desperate to flee.
09:48Did you attempt to persuade him?
09:50Well, of course I did, but...
09:51He neither wanted
09:52nor required rescuing.
09:53No, he did.
09:54You don't understand.
09:55No further questions.
10:12Can you describe how you found Mr. Houser?
10:16He was coming out of a barn
10:17with some chicken wire.
10:19He'd been mending something
10:20and he said he had to finish it
10:22before Ray and Celia got back.
10:23How did he seem to you?
10:25Not right.
10:27Not himself.
10:29Ray had got into his head,
10:30like I said.
10:31Got into his head.
10:32What do you mean by that?
10:34He changed how you thought
10:38and made it seem like
10:39your own family were out to hurt you
10:42and that he was the only person
10:43you could trust.
10:45How do you know that?
10:48Because he did it to me.
10:51Your Honour, the crowd submits
10:52this is irrelevant to the case.
10:53Of course it's relevant.
10:56Continue.
11:00I was groomed into doing anything
11:03that Ray wanted me to
11:05and something would happen
11:06if I said no.
11:08Bad things.
11:09Threats.
11:11But then sometimes I did well
11:13and he was nice,
11:14which was even more confusing.
11:19Were you ever scared of Mr. Walters?
11:21Yes.
11:22When?
11:23The day that I told my dad
11:24what had been happening to me.
11:27He tried to kill Dylan
11:30to stop us from going to the police.
11:32at Dylan, Mr. Penders.
11:34We know who you mean.
11:37He filmed everything live on his phone.
11:41Dylan opening the farm gate,
11:45him driving his car towards him.
11:49I heard the sound of his body.
11:54Then what happened?
11:56I thought that he was dead.
11:58But luckily somebody found him
12:00and took him to the hospital.
12:04Ray had injected him with heroin
12:05to make it look like an accident.
12:07Injected him with heroin?
12:09Yes.
12:10Didn't expect that, did you?
12:12So,
12:14Mr. Walters purposely hit
12:16Dylan with his car,
12:17leaving him with injuries
12:18that very nearly killed him
12:20in order to send a message
12:22to you and your family.
12:25If this is what he was capable of,
12:27is it of any wonder
12:28Mr. Howson believed
12:29his life was at risk?
12:36Do you have any more witnesses?
12:38No, Your Honour,
12:38that is the case for the prosecution.
12:41You may call your first witness.
12:44I swear by Almighty God
12:46that the evidence I shall give
12:47should be the truth,
12:48the whole truth
12:49and nothing but the truth.
12:52Are you sure you want to stay?
12:54I have to.
12:57You encountered
12:58Mr. Walters outside the house.
13:01What was his reaction?
13:04Er, he dragged me inside.
13:07He was going to kill me.
13:09And then Paddy came down
13:11from upstairs
13:11and he had this hammer.
13:14And then Ray saw him
13:16and he got him on the floor.
13:18He started kicking him
13:20and I was begging him to stop.
13:21Erm, and then that's when
13:23Bear came in.
13:24What did he do?
13:26Er, nothing.
13:27Nothing at first.
13:28He was just speaking,
13:31telling Bear to go back outside.
13:33Erm, that Paddy never loved him.
13:36Erm, and that Ray was his only friend.
13:39And Bear would believe in it.
13:41You know,
13:42cos that's just what Ray does.
13:43And gets inside your head?
13:45Your Honour, leading the witness.
13:46Yes.
13:48And then Bear saw Ray
13:51about to hit Paddy
13:52with a hammer
13:52and he wouldn't have you in any of it.
13:54Erm,
13:55so he pulled him away.
13:59Then what happened?
14:04Mr. Penders?
14:05Er, Ray were just saying,
14:07Ted.
14:08Ted!
14:08Ted!
14:09Ted!
14:10Stop it!
14:11That's what Ray
14:13called Bear.
14:14Stop, stop it!
14:15And we were fighting back.
14:16But Bear...
14:17Bear kept hold of him.
14:19Did you believe
14:20Mr. Howlson's life
14:22was an imminent danger?
14:23Yes.
14:24Could you or Mr. Dingo
14:26have helped
14:27by overpowering
14:28Mr. Walters?
14:29Er, no,
14:29I had, erm,
14:30I had a broken leg.
14:32Was there any other option available to Mr. Halston in that moment?
14:36No, it was self-defence. He did what he had to do.
14:39Thank you, Mr. Penders.
14:41You OK?
14:44Mr. Penders, the one thing I'm struggling with
14:47is why you didn't call the police or the ambulance.
14:50Did the three of you have any discussions about that?
14:53Er, no. Bear was in a really bad way.
14:56What about you and Mr. Dingle?
14:59Er, Paddy wanted to, but I wouldn't let him.
15:02You didn't let him? Who was in charge here?
15:05No-one. I mean, Paddy doesn't know the things I know,
15:09and now you're going to say that makes us guilty, so it proves my point.
15:11So Mr. Dingle wanted to call the police, but you persuaded him against it?
15:17Yeah. And the thing is, when you come from the streets,
15:19calling the police is the last thing you do,
15:21because as soon as they look you up on the system,
15:24you get started...
15:26you start getting treated like a criminal.
15:27If you're dealing drugs, then you are.
15:29I never killed anyone.
15:32I worked for Ray, but I were nothing like him.
15:36At the end of the day, I wanted to protect my family and do what's right.
15:39Right for who?
15:40Not Mr. Walters, who Mr. Dingle trust up in plastic.
15:43But Bear.
15:45Ray were going to kill me and Paddy, all right?
15:47Bear saved our lives.
15:51And, yeah, to be honest, we should have called someone,
15:54because if we did, we wouldn't be here now.
15:55But we weren't thinking straight.
15:57None of us were.
15:58Come on.
16:03I swear by almighty God that the evidence I shall give
16:06shall be the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.
16:11You hadn't seen your father in months.
16:14What were your initial impressions?
16:16He seemed thinner, smaller, and it was immediately obvious that he was really traumatised.
16:23In what way?
16:25He was upset about what he'd done, and he was confused about his relationship to Ray.
16:31Confused?
16:32Yeah, he seemed lost without Ray telling him what to do.
16:36He'd got him hooked on paying pills.
16:39That was clear.
16:40So his mind was rambling.
16:42It was just all over the place.
16:44So, Mr. Walters' body was lying in your living room.
16:48What was your priority in that moment?
16:50Take care of me dad.
16:51Is that why you all moved Mr. Walters' body?
16:57Yeah, we were just trying to get through it, and I was panicking and I was scared.
17:03Do you realise now that you should have called the police?
17:06Yeah, yeah, of course.
17:07I never meant to obstruct the law.
17:10It was just about my dad.
17:12He's the victim.
17:13The victim?
17:14Yeah.
17:15Ray took everything from him.
17:17Broke him.
17:20That's why I rented the house.
17:22Thank you, Mr. Dingle.
17:27How long did you keep your father in this rented hidey hole?
17:30I don't know exactly.
17:32More than a week?
17:33Yeah.
17:34During which time, Mr. Walters' body was discovered in the van where you'd put it.
17:38An innocent man, Jay Sharma, was questioned by the police, while you lied on multiple occasions to the investigation team
17:44that you had no idea where your father was.
17:47How do you explain that?
17:49Well, once it started, it didn't really feel like I had a choice.
17:51You could have told the truth.
17:53Did your father acted in self-defence?
17:56Is that the truth, Mr. Dingle?
17:58Yeah.
17:58Or did you know the force he used on Mr. Walters was disproportionate and excessive, clearly designed to end his
18:04life?
18:05No.
18:05Is that why you cleared up the crime scene?
18:07So that only you and Mr. Penders ever knew your father was there?
18:11I was in shock.
18:13We were all in shock.
18:15How did your father stay at this house end?
18:20He left.
18:21Where did he go?
18:24Where did he go, Mr. Dingle?
18:30Gray and Celia's farm.
18:40Mandy, are you OK?
18:42Yeah, yeah, she's just finding it all a bit too much.
18:46I really believe that.
18:48I had some master plan.
18:49All we need to prove is that there was an imminent threat to life.
18:52If we can get that through...
18:53Members of the jury, the defence will now call an additional witness.
19:00I'll seek a weapon with any luck.
19:02I swear by almighty God that the evidence I shall give shall be the truth, the whole truth and nothing
19:07but the truth.
19:08Mr. Clark, do you recognise the defendant sitting there?
19:13Ted, yeah.
19:14Where do you know him from?
19:16The farm.
19:16The farm belonging to Celia Daniels and Ray Walters?
19:20Yeah.
19:21Did you ever see Mr. Walters use violence?
19:25Yeah.
19:26You only had to cross him once and he'd batter you.
19:28Proper psycho.
19:29Was he violent to you?
19:31Yeah.
19:32I once asked him for my own room because there was only one bed.
19:36The old man had it.
19:37Sorry, the old man.
19:39Do you mean Mr. Howlson?
19:41Yeah.
19:43So Ray flipped.
19:44Started kicking and shouting that I had no rights.
19:47Then I tried to escape.
19:50After he grasped us up, boss brought me arm and my ribs.
19:55Cheers, pal, for that.
19:57So, Mr. Walters was unpredictable.
20:00He had a temper.
20:01Yeah.
20:02Were you scared of him?
20:04Yeah.
20:04Was Mr. Howlson scared of him?
20:07Ted.
20:08Do you think that's why he revealed your escape attempt?
20:10He knew there would be repercussions if he didn't.
20:14He weren't scared.
20:16He liked him.
20:18Always having little chats, they were.
20:20He was the boss's favourite.
20:22Are you sure about that?
20:24How do you know?
20:25Because I've seen all the treats boss gave him.
20:28Beers, sweets, socks when it was cold.
20:32Mr. Clark, are you familiar with the term grooming?
20:37What?
20:38Thank you, Mr. Clark.
20:39No further questions?
20:39But I'm not done yet.
20:41I've not even told you the half of it.
20:42Mr. Clark, that's enough.
20:44Boss got Ted to bury the girl that died.
20:47And he got an hospital visit when he busted his arm.
20:49Stand down or I'll have to remove you.
20:51You asked me to come and tell you how it was.
20:53And I'm telling you, he weren't no victim.
21:04You said he'd been briefed.
21:06It's always the risk of a last-minute witness.
21:08How's it going?
21:09Just finished.
21:10Mr. Moore screwed us up.
21:11Hang on, I thought he was on our side.
21:13Major grudge against me, Dad.
21:15He just undid the whole case.
21:16It's unfortunate, but not irredeemable.
21:20However, we may have to take the nuclear option.
21:23What?
21:23We put your dad on the stand.
21:26You can't.
21:27He's too vulnerable.
21:27You said wooden.
21:28He's not prepared or anything.
21:30Surely there is another option.
21:32If there was, I wouldn't be suggesting.
21:35Paddy, your call.
21:39I don't think we have a choice.
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