Emmerdale’s Arthur Thomas is rolling in Ray Walters’ drug money next week, after stealing from the dealer in an act of revenge. Arthur was determined to make Ray pay for hurting his mum Laurel, but will he regret taking matters into his own hands like this?

In tense scenes, a wake-up call from April reminds Arthur where this dirty cash came from, and he’s flooded with regret. Realising he’s profiting from the misery inflicted on April and all of Ray and Celia’s other victims, will Arthur return the stolen money to those who were abused?

“Stealing Ray’s profits felt like the perfect revenge at first,” our Emmerdale source explains. “But immature Arthur hadn’t considered that it came at a bleak cost – victims like April and Dylan. Now he’s loaded, but full of guilt…”

After discovering his mother’s new lover was a monster, Arthur was determined to give Ray a fitting punishment. Disgusted to hear the truth about the man who weaselled his way into their lives, Arthur snatched Ray’s bag – and all his money.

But after April discovers his secret loot, she stings him with an honest wake-up call about the bleak consequences of the drug trade.

Horrified to realise Ray’s cash comes at the cost of human life, Arthur is wretched with self-loathing and stands outside Smithy Cottage conflicted.

Will he face the consequences and return some of the money to the people whose lives Ray ruined?

These on-screen twists follow this week’s dramatic episodes, which see Ray’s killer finally revealed to viewers.

Monday’s episode focused on why Laurel could be guilty, although there were also scenes which pointed the finger at Arthur.

Tuesday’s sees the focus shift to Rhona Goskirk, followed by Marlon Dingle on Wednesday. Thursday’s sees the guilty party revealed, before Friday’s focuses on the creepy cover-up that followed.

The identity of the culprit remains a closely-guarded secret, but Joe Absolom – who plays Ray – has confirmed that the individual in question won’t be leaving the show.