Robert Sugden (Ryan Hawley) has had John Sugden’s (Oliver Farnworth) card marked since he met him in Emmerdale.

Robert has had his suspicions ever since he gate-crashed John and Aaron’s (Danny Miller) wedding. Then he began to sense something amiss over Nate’s death and he is now perilously close to uncovering the truth. The last time someone came close to outing John, they ended up in a coma.

John is out to protect himself as investigations into Nate’s murder get a little too close to home. He chose to frame Owen, the man who drugged Robert, telling others that Owen had confessed during a medical appointment with him.

The next thing anyone knew, Owen turned up dead with a suicide note confessing to Nate’s murder.

While the village was awash with shock and John was confident that he had neatly tied things up with a bow, Robert’s internal alarm system was going berserk. He arranged to meet with Owen’s brother Steve who gave him a crucial bit of information – Owen had a solid alibi for the time of Nate’s murder.

Robert is on to John in a big way and is going full throttle in bringing John down.

As Robert starts to scrutinise John, his next suspicion lands on the fact John has seemingly saved so many lives.

He starts to probe how John saved Jacob’s life, but Jacob rushes off mid-conversation. Pollard (Chris Chittell) fills in a few blanks for him, including just how many other lives John has saved – too many to be in the right place at the right time.

Robert remains steadfast inn his mission and when he airs his opinion against John to Chas (Lucy Pargeter), he’s not bothered that she won’t hear a word said against him. Then the next opportunity to investigate falls into Robert’s lap – John leaves his phone on the table.

Robert grabs the phone and tries to unlock it, but despite having no luck getting in, he still strikes gold – as he hands the phone back to John he implies he’s seen something, and he can see John is shaken.