EMMERDALE has been hit by further Ofcom complaints over its darkest ever storyline.

Viewers have watched horror scenes as the ITV soap tackles grooming, criminal gangs and modern day slavery.

They have seen teenager April Windsor be groomed and manipulated into selling drugs and then in a disturbing twist – finding herself being sold for sex by villains Ray and Celia.

A further twist earlier this week saw it revealed that Bear Wolf, who had disappeared three months ago, was also being enslaved by the pair just yards from the village.

He is being held captive by the gangster and forced to work on her illegal turkey farm.

Now the soap has received another 105 complaints about the storyline to Ofcom, just weeks after it received 60 complaints for some harrowing scenes involving April.

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The scenes in question saw the 16-year-old forced to fight off a paedophile who had paid to rape her.

In the bedroom, April sat tensely on the bed as the client began to undress.

Panicking, she told him she didn’t want to go through with it – but her refusal only made him angry.

Terrified by what was about to happen, April bravely fought him off and hit him over the head with a vodka bottle, leaving him for dead.

April stood over him in shock after she delivered the fatal blow.

He was left lifeless on the bed with his head in a pool of blood, bleeding to death.

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With no-one to turn to, April was forced to go to Celia and Ray for help and they told her that they would cover up Callum’s death but it was all a ruse – as he hadn’t died.

The storyline has received previous complaints – and is certain to attract more going forward.

It is one of the darkest in Emmerdale’s history with April feeling unable to tell her family what is happening to her and get help.

The story is set to continue over the coming months and grow even more sinister.