Emmerdale star Danny Miller has spoken about his character Aaron Dingle’s involvement in next week’s death storyline.
Aaron is one of seven suspects in the frame next week as Anthony Fox is killed by an unknown culprit.
Upcoming episodes see several of the villagers turn against Anthony after discovering that he’s a danger to children.
This follows the recent Emmerdale flashback episode which revealed that Anthony sexually abused his daughter Ruby when she was a teenager.
Aaron’s involvement begins when he witnesses a tense exchange between Anthony and Ruby. He’s shocked to see how Anthony behaves towards Ruby when he thinks nobody is watching.
Speaking about the storyline for the first time, Danny explained: “Aaron has always been wary of Anthony. Whether that be an instinct from experience, or whether that’s a case of him being a loud and out there character – something Aaron hasn’t always been a huge fan of regardless of who it is. But I think he’s got his suspicions of him for whatever reason.
“It’s only confirmed at the point where he sees an altercation with Ruby down by the church. Anthony is very hands on and aggressive with her, so his suspicions are confirmed and he starts investigating if his gut feeling is right.”
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The story ties in with Aaron’s own traumatic past with his abusive father Gordon.
In 2016, Aaron confided in his mum Chas about how Gordon started sexually abusing him when he was 8 years old.
Gordon was later ordered to spend 18 years in prison for his crimes, but he took his own life in jail at the start of his sentence.
Confirming that Aaron will ultimately discover the truth about Anthony, Danny continued: “He is instantly aggressive and destined for revenge – for Ruby of course, but he sees his chance to level with Gordon who took ‘the coward’s way out’ as Aaron calls it – killing himself in prison.
“He sees an opportunity to hand over Gordon, in Anthony, to the police – who will then serve his sentence in prison and give Ruby the justice she a) deserves and b) Aaron never had the chance of having himself.
“I think it’s pure disgust and dread as to how he’ll deal with this and bringing back so many evil and dark memories for Aaron that he’d suppressed for so many years.”
Asked about Aaron’s motive for Anthony’s death, Danny replied: “Having experienced the same abuse and disgusting acts and never really got the justice he deserved or that Gordon deserved – the motive is there in plain sight.”
