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Emmerdale confirms that Tom will abuse both Belle and Piper during Welsh cottage stay

Emmerdale has confirmed a horrifying turn of events as Belle and Tom set off for a 'holiday' over in Wales...

In a flashback episode, viewers will see the extent of which Tom has abused both his wife – and pet dog Piper – during their stay, after planning on extending their trip away from the Dales. That is illustrated in a very literal sense in this cottage episode, but we know often survivors are isolated from their families and communities over time in a deliberate act from their perpetrator to remove them from support systems and making it very difficult for them to leave their abusers. “We know some viewers have found the Belle and Tom storyline hard to watch at times, but it is so important when we are talking about domestic abuse and covering it; even in a fictional sense, that it is true to life.

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