Emmerdale confirms first arrest in Nate story in ITVX release – and it ‘ruins’ a life

Tracy Shankley has been arrested (Picture: ITV)

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

Tracy Shankley (Amy Walsh) has been arrested in Emmerdale.

The character was told a few days ago that Nate Robinson (Jurell Carter) had been found dead at the bottom of the lake. Reeling in the aftermath, it didn’t take Tracy very long to accuse Cain Dingle (Jeff Hordley) of killing his son.

This was because Cain and Nate had a major fight shortly before he was killed. At the time, Cain believed the rumour that Nate was sleeping with Moira Dingle (Natalie J Robb) again, but it wasn’t true.

Vanessa struggled with her lie (Picture: ITV)

Cain attacked Nate so brutally Tracy thought he was going to kill him. It’s this moment that Tracy has kept in her mind since she learnt about her partner, convinced Cain murdered Nate shortly after the fight.

Cain and a few others now believe that Tracy might be pointing the finger elsewhere as a deflection tactic. She was questioned yesterday after Nate’s phone was found in Frankie’s playhouse, and the same thing happened again tonight.

DS Walsh revealed to Tracy that Nate was definitely killed the day he was meant to go to Shetland, and she needed confirmation of what Tracy was doing that day. She immediately created an alibi, saying she was with Vanessa (Michelle Hardwick) and their children.

Tracy believes that Cain killed Nate (Picture: ITV)

Walsh made her way to the vets a few hours later to find Vanessa. When she asked her to match Tracy’s story, there was an element of hesitancy and doubt.

Meanwhile, Cain (Jeff Hordley) was being supported in the pub by the likes of Liam (Jonny McPherson) and Charles (Kevin Mathurin). It took him a little while, but he eventually came to accept that the two men are just trying to look out for him, as they’ve both lost children themselves.

Cain, Charles, Liam and then Moira (Natalie J Robb), Ruby (Beth Cordingly), Aaron (Danny Miller) and John (Oliver Farnworth) all decided to raise a glass to those they’ve lost – but the moving moment was interrupted by Tracy.

Tracy was furious to see Cain with his friends and family, and reckoned he was just playing everyone. As her anger grew, Ruby decided to press Tracy’s buttons.

A fight broke out between the two women, but it stopped when DS Walsh arrived. She had come to arrest Tracy, due to her weak alibi.

As Tracy was led away she screamed at Vanessa, adamant lives had been ruined because she told a bad lie.

And John? He was sat in the pub, watching the chaos unfold, and not doing a single thing about it.