MOIRA Barton reaches a new low in the new year when her boozing leaves her lying in a ditch.
The dumped wife has just spent Christmas Day alone and in an upcoming episode she takes revenge by destroying Pete and Nate’s farmland.
Emmerdale fans will know that
Moira’s friends have been dropping like flies since she turned to booze to cope with her woes.
Fans will know that the farmer was devastated when her only friend Pete Barton quit the farm to join Nate at Wylie’s farm.
Pete had been trying to support the farmer overcome her woes, but after she downed a bottle of wine in front of a customer, Pete lost hope and partnered with Nate instead.
In episodes coming up in the new year, Moira finds a large container of herbicides belonging to Matty Barton.
Later, Matty is unsettled to hear from Pete and Nate how someone has dumped herbicides on the Wylie’s grazing land and Matty fears Moira’s behind it.
The next day, Pete finds Moira asleep on the sofa with a hangover and tells her to sort herself out.
But she refuses to listen and drops some brandy in her coffee.
And it’s not long before Moira’s antics leave her passed out in a ditch.
Will anyone show her any kindness?