John’s ‘next move’ to be his darkest yet in Emmerdale – and it’s bad news for Aaron
John’s ‘next move’ to be his darkest yet in Emmerdale – and it’s bad news for Aaron
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The following article contains spoilers from an episode of Emmerdale that hasn’t aired on ITV yet, but is available to view on ITVX. Emmerdale fans have been suspicious of John Sugden (Oliver Farnworth) for ages, but they’ve seemingly got his true character nailed following Anthony Fox’s (Nicholas Day) death.
![[Emmerdale's Anthony fights tears in Mill Cottage]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/SEI_231319698-fc1a.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
Sex abuser Anthony was murdered last week after multiple people discovered he raped daughter Ruby Fox-Miligan (Beth Cordingly) when she was a child. One person among the group learning of this revelation was Aaron Dingle (Danny Miller). He recognised his own fear in Ruby and set about confronting Anthony.
![[Aaron and John sit in a forest in Emmerdale]](https://metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SEI_231267664-8240.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=646)
In the depot, Aaron told Anthony that his own father sexually abused him when he was a child, but the evil man ended his life in prison a few years ago. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video.
Up Next. He went on to say that he could kill Anthony, but didn’t want to go to prison because he has people in the village who love him. Aaron aimed to drive Anthony to the police station, but the character wound him up, resulting in Aaron attacking him.
He left Anthony in a bloodied mess on the floor and returned home. There, John found Aaron acting strangely and once he noticed blood on his neck, demanded to know what had happened. When Aaron and John got back to the depot, Anthony was dead. As Aaron panicked, his partner took control of the situation and removed the man’s body from the floor.
