Jailed Charity’s fate decided by jury as Emmerdale spoilers reveal what happens next | Soaps

The scales well and truly fell from Mackenzie Boyd’s (Lawrence Robb) eyes in Emmerdale as, despite Sarah Sugden’s (Katie Hill) best efforts to fix the mess she’d made for Charity Dingle (Emma Atkins), the police didn’t believe her.

Sarah, as viewers know, was appalled to discover the truth about baby Leyla being her gran and Ross Barton’s (Michael Parr) biological child and, in a bid to punish her, she went to the police and claimed that Charity had murdered Dr Todd (Caroline Harker) in cold blood.

Charity had already taken the blame for the crime to protect Sarah, who is the real culprit, claiming she killed rapist Todd in self-defence, but Sarah threw her under the bus as part of a cruel revenge scheme.

After much intervention, Sarah finally saw the light and went to the police to change her statement once more, revealing that she was just trying to teach her gran a lesson, reiterating that Charity is innocent.

But despite this, the police didn’t seem to believe her, meaning it’s all up to a jury now to decide Charity’s fate. Mack was speechless. Is Charity’s fate sealed thanks to Sarah’s meddling?

If you’re eager to find out what’s to come following tonight’s edition of the ITV soap, you’re in luck as here’s what tomorrow will bring.

What happens next in Emmerdale? Spoilers for Friday, September 18 episode

Following tonight’s cliffhanger, Mack will no doubt struggle to come to terms with the latest update on Charity’s future. Charity has entered a not guilty plea, which means a trial is an inevitability at this stage.

With Sarah’s efforts having failed to get her gran out from behind bars, her fate now lies solely in the hands of a jury. Will Charity be able to convince the jury of her innocence? Or is a tragic fate sealed at this stage?

Elsewhere, Lewis Barton (Bradley Riches) gets fed up of waiting for Vinny Dingle (Bradley Johnston) to pop the question and thus he decides to get down on one knee.

Vinny’s reaction, however, isn’t the one he hoped for.

The long-awaited showdown between Kim Tate (Claire King) and Sadie King (Patsy Kensit) is almost upon us too, with the Home Farm legends having a hostile run-in in the village.

And speaking of Sadie, she subsequently pays Cain (Jeff Hordley) a visit, demanding the money he stole from her two decades ago. Cain rejects such a demand – that is until she drops a mammoth bombshell.

Joe (Ned Porteous), meanwhile, relents and allows Clemmie and Lucas to attend Dawn’s (Olivia Bromley) funeral with Billy (Jay Kontzle) – but he’s got a trick up his sleeve.

Emmerdale airs these scenes Friday, September 18 at 8pm on ITV1 or stream from 7am on ITVX or YouTube.

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