emerdale will Air dog cruelty scenes as Tom King’s abuse towards estranged wife Bell continues the shocking scenes set to be

broadcast this evening August 16 we’ll see Tom try to exert control over Belle by intending to harm Piper with the character

deliberately revving his car towards the dog the scenes come after Belle’s recent return to the village with Tom letting her in

their home of Dale head with Piper while he stays away however V is unaware that he has installed secret cameras and made his
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own key in last night’s August 15 scenes Tom let himself in lying to Bell that the door was unlocked Bell once again rejected him leading to menacing behavior and later on Tom was seen watching her through the secret cameras the new Piper scenes are being made in cooperation with refuge and the dogs trust with a 2019 study by the latter finding that pets are often abused and sometimes killed by domestic abusers in attempts to control and coers opening up about the new twist Tom actor James Chase said Tom is well aware of the
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control he can exert by using his dog in his Abus of bell this deliberate act although horrifying is Tom’s way of getting back in Belle’s life he knows her reaction to Piper being injured will mean he can then be the one to comfort her and get close to her again it’s a desperate act but Tom is clutching at anything at this time working with the Charities and hearing firsthand stories from domestic abuse survivors it’s clearly all too common that domestic abusers will use the family pet as a weapon producer Laura Shaw added in
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