Emmerdale producer Iain MacLeod has confirmed that there will be a comeuppance for Emma Barton's killer.
Emma was pushed to her death from a viaduct earlier this month and show bosses have put seven popular characters on the suspect list, including Barton family members Ross, Pete, Moira and Adam.
Laurel Thomas, Gabby Thomas and Cain Dingle are also in the line-up of possible killers – but with so many clues, motives and red herrings in the mix, it really could be any of them at this stage.
Speaking about the inevitable consequences for the killer, Iain admitted: "The soap gods must have their vengeance, but we'll have to see the story as it plays out. I say this with fingers crossed in the hope that we don't have to do it, but Robert Sugden's killed somebody and I certainly don't think anyone's clamouring to get him out.
"The wheel of karma probably means that whoever has killed Emma, in some ways hasn't committed as big a crime as if they'd killed a God-fearing, law-abiding, lovely and innocent character. There's a certain sense, in my mind anyway, that whoever has done this is like an agent of God.
"But if you've got blood on your hands in a soap, you can't just get away with it. Even if the consequences aren't legal ones, there has to be some comeuppance, I suppose. And there will be!"
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Asked whether the wrong person could be jailed for the crime, he replied: "It's a possibility. I think there's such strong motives for each person, and as the story unfolds, there's so many ambiguities surrounding who's doing what and when they were doing it.
"It's perfectly possible that the police might bark up a few wrong trees before they arrive at the correct one."
Emmerdale airs weeknights at 7pm on ITV, with an extra episode at 8pm on Thursdays.
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