The following article contains spoilers from an episode of Emmerdale that hasn’t aired on ITV1 yet, but can be viewed on ITVX.

Cain Dingle (Jeff Hordley) continued to face Tracy Shankley’s (Amy Walsh) angry wrath as a new week began in Emmerdale.

Last week, Cain discovered that his son Nate Robinson (Jurell Carter) had been murdered and understandably, he struggled to process the news.

Prior to his death, Nate had a fight with Cain over the rumour he was sleeping with Moira Dingle (Natalie J Robb). He was then killed by John Sugden (Oliver Farnworth), but his family believed that he had gone to Shetland.

Cain eventually gave up on Nate, accepting that he no longer wanted anything to do with his family in the village and little girl Frankie. Of course, learning the truth about his son has made Cain feel utterly terrible – and matters have been made even worse due to Tracy accusing him of killing Nate.

John was questioned by the detective in tonight’s episode, but it wasn’t because he had been accused of murder. He managed to back up Cain’s story from Nate’s final day in the village, revealing he went to the hospital immediately after the barn fire to see Moira, who had been caught up in the ordeal.

It added fuel to the theory that Cain was innocent but it wasn’t enough to sway Tracy. Throughout the entire instalment, she remained convinced that Cain killed his own son.

That afternoon, John found Cain at the garage attempting to fix a bike. The beloved character broke down and admitted that it feels like he can’t grieve for Nate because of Tracy and the constant police interference.

John asserted that the police would be off Cain’s back soon, and then spied Frankie’s playhouse in the garden of Tracy’s.

An idea forming, John will soon plant Nate’s phone in Frankie’s playhouse. The police will search the premises and find the phone, therefore taking the heat off Cain and putting it onto Tracy instead.