EMMERDALE couple Nicola and Jimmy King will be rocked by some distressing news next week.
The couple, played by Nicola Wheeler and Nick Miles, have been struggling in recent months since their daughter was sent to live in a juvenile facility.
Back in March, Angelica, known as Angel (Rebecca Bakes), confessed to causing the car crash which led to the death of Heath Hope (Sebastian Dowling), but she had lied about it for months previously.
Afterward she was sentenced to 8 months in the children’s facility, which is where she currently resides.
Angel has not been seen in the Dales for a few months because of this, but her name will come up next week when her parents Nicola and Jimmy receive a distressing call from the facility.
The pair are devastated to hear that Angel has been involved in a fight and they worry about what this could mean for their teenage daughter.
Despite Angel’s pending release, Nicola and Jimmy are set to endure several stressful months following the news of the altercation.
In the new year, Angel, Heath and his twin sister Cathy (Gabrielle Dowling) were involved in a car accident after they stole Wendy Posner’s (Susan Cookson) car.
Heartbreakingly, Heath died in the accident and to make the situation worse, Cathy was falsely blamed for her brother’s death because Angel lied about being behind the wheel.
It wasn’t until March that she came clean and admitted she was the one driving.
After that, she was sentenced to an eight-month custodial sentence in the juvenile facility.
Angel’s departure from the Dales isn’t permanent though, as star Rebecca, who has played Angel since 2009, confirmed the character will be returning.
After the truth came out about Angel’s part in Heath’s death, her parents Nicola and Jimmy were left devastated.
According to star Nicola, their lives have never been the same since.
“I don’t think they possibly can be, can they? That’s not to say they will be miserable forever, but I think something like that taints or stains you slightly,” she said.
Nicola continued: “And looking to the future, I would just say, what is to come? What is Angel going to be like when she leaves the place? That’s the big question, isn’t it?
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“For eight months of her life, Nicola and Jimmy don’t really have any control or influence on her at all. That, I think, is probably quite crushing for a parent. For every parent who’d been in this situation, the fact that they are literally handing their child over. And that’s what they’re doing.”
Unfortunately, Nicola and Jimmy’s difficulties are set to continue following the news of Angel’s fight.
