The stress of Lydia Dingle’s recent rape is increasing, and Emmerdale viewers are growing concerned for her. Her stepson Samson is furious with her, and Mandy has accused her of cheating on Sam.
Fans of Emmerdale are confident that Lydia Dingle will experience more tragedy because rapist Craig is about to be exposed. In tense scenes on Thursday’s episode (October 5), Mandy Dingle accused Lydia of having an affair with her husband Sam, and Samson was furiously spreading rumors about their purported ‘affair’.
Mandy was the cause of Lydia losing her cool, who yelled at her: “I would never, ever cheat on Sam or do anything to hurt him. Sam won’t experience any pain because I’ve done everything in my power to keep him safe.
Fans believe Lydia might do something drastic to end her own suffering if Samson returns to his apprenticeship under Craig’s guidance. She stormed out before she could reveal the truth about what had happened. One user of the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, wrote: “At this point, with the way Samson is treating her and Mandy accusing her, I can see Lydia killing herself! Watching this is terrible [crying emoji].

Another person yelled at the TV, “Shouting’shut up Mandy’ and ‘just tell her the truth Lydia!’ at the TV… gonna have a sore throat by the end of tonight’s episode!!!”
Imagine how Mandy would feel if she discovered Lydia in peril or in the midst of an attempt, a different viewer remarked. “Lydia’s going to commit suicide at this point, f*** Mandy!” wrote the fourth.
However, it appears that Craig might be exposed soon after Kim found Lydia in the middle of the road and she revealed the truth. Lydia sobbed to her boss, “I told him no, I told him!”
“Has he injured you? Did he…?” Kim asked, and fans are confident that Kim’s fury will help bring Craig to justice once and for all. However, Lydia started to question herself and said to Kim, “I’ve left it too late.” Lydia was in tears throughout her emotional confession because she was terrified that even Kim thought the worst of her.

Fans are convinced that this is not Craig’s first time in trouble, with one posting on X that “Craig has been attacking women for years… Lydia is definitely not his first victim… and as Kim said… it’s never too late to speak up.”
Who believes Craig has done this before? another person chimed in. and escaped punishment? Who believes that his other victim(s) will contact Lydia? a third added: “I believe that Lydia’s first pregnancy with Toby was also caused by rape. But Lydia has blocked out that information.

One astute observer remarked, “He’s pretty clever at coercion and control isn’t he?
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