Emmerdale legends haunted by another shock death

**Nicola discovered Angelica’s secret (Picture: ITV)**

In Monday, January 22,’s episode of Emmerdale, Jimmy King (Nick Miles) devised a desperate scheme to save his daughter Angelica King (Rebecca Bakes) from jail.

In essence, he trained 14-year-old Angelica to tell falsehoods to the police about what really transpired the evening Heath Hope (Sebastian Dowling) was killed in a vehicle accident.

On New Year’s Eve, Heath, Angelica, and Wendy Posner (Susan Cookson) were driven to a party by Heath’s sister, Cathy Hope (Gabrielle Dowling), who had borrowed her mother’s vehicle.

The automobile had veered off the road and crashed by the time Wendy and Bob Hope (Tony Audenshaw) arrived. Heath passed away at the scene, but Cathy and Angelica managed to flee.

Cathy has always maintained that even though she accepted the vehicle, she wasn’t driving when they collided. Viewers were given confirmation of this version of events when Angelica admitted to her mother Nicola King (Nicola Wheeler) that she had been driving at the time of Heath’s burial.

Jimmy was afraid that since someone had been murdered, Angelica may wind up serving a three-year jail sentence. Meanwhile, Angelica thought that the authorities would be forgiving if she apologised.

He couldn’t let that happen, so he started fabricating evidence to suggest that Cathy was at fault—both for initially taking the automobile and for letting a 14-year-old drive—despite the fact that Cathy is only 16 years old.

He advised Angelica to keep to her first account, which said that Cathy was operating the vehicle and that Angel had frantically seized the wheel when the vehicle lost control. In that case, any fingerprints on the wheel would make sense.

**Jimmy and Nicola are trying to workout what to do next (Picture: ITV)**

**Cathy has tried to tell people that she wasn’t responsible for the crash (Picture: ITV)**

Nicola was very sceptical of this idea because she was concerned about what would happen if Cathy was accused of killing Heath and how Angel would be affected by having to live with this lie.

Nicola wanted to remind Jimmy of a former tragedy of his own. “The guilt for killing Paul.” You are the expert in this field, she said.

Jimmy lost control of his truck in 2021 due to a panic episode he was having. It crashed into a barn, which burst into flames. The fire claimed the life of Vinny Dingle’s (Bradley Johnson) violent father, Paul Ashdale (Reece Dinsdale).

Jimmy finally won his case against the prosecution, allaying fears for many months that he might get a lengthy jail sentence.

Jimmy responded by saying that Angel wouldn’t make it to jail. He remarked, “Look what happened to Belle.” “Angel will not endure.”

Following her incarceration for the murder of Gemma Andrews (Tendai Rinomhota), Belle Dingle (Eden Taylor-Draper) had a decline in her mental state and required admission to a psychiatric facility.

Jimmy was adamant, despite Nicola’s continued protests. He emphasised that their kids were the most important thing. “We’ll stop at nothing to keep them safe.”