Last week it was finally revealed that Moira Dingle (Natalie J. Robb) killed Emma (Gillian Kearney) after the crazed murderer urged her love rival to push her off a bridge, taunting Moira with jibes about he late daughter Holly Barton (Sophie Powles). 

As Moira edges closer to breaking point, the latest instalment of Emmerdale saw her son Adam (Adam Thomas) whisked away in handcuffs after Ross (Michael Parr) and Pete Barton (Anthony Quinlan) gave the police a tip off. 

While it seems unlikely Moira will let her son go down for a crime she committed, Michael may have let slip the she won’t have a choice. 

Adam is due to leave Emmerdale for good over the coming weeks, but Michael revealed the actor has already filmed his final scenes. 

When asked if it’s been emotional on set since stars Gillian, Bill Ward (James Barton) and Joe Gill (Finn Barton) all made their emotional exits, Michael confirmed Adam has wrapped up his time on the show too. 

“I don’t get emotional about it but it definitely helps that they are gone, with playing emotional stuff,” Michael explained. “When Verity died, and Donna died on the Friday and I was back filming on the Monday, I was absolutely sobbing because I was gutted she had gone.

“This time it’s different because it was so long after they had gone, but you could still use it in the performance.”

He continued: “Because me, Bill, Joe and Anthony, we came in as the four boys and now Adam’s gone as well, I think me and Quinny are looking at each other and thinking ‘We need to up our game to hang on to our jobs!’”

With Adam already out of the picture, does that mean his character has been banged up? 

Emmerdale continues tonight at 7pm on ITV.