Emmerdale airs furious Mackenzie Boyd and Dr Caitlin Todd cliffhanger
Mackenzie Boyd (Lawrence Robb) has made a reckless decision in Emmerdale. It comes after he discovered the true extent of wife Charity Dingle’s torment, initially believing that she was suffering from postnatal depression. The truth was, of course, that she’d been blackmailed for months by cruel surgeon Dr Caitlin Todd (Caroline Harker). Todd had discovered that, while Charity was trying to act as surrogate for her granddaughter Sarah Sugden (Katie Hill), she’d actually fallen pregnant with Ross Barton’s (Michael Parr) child. Holding this information against Charity, Todd tried to syphon £100,000 out of her. She couldn’t muster up all of the cash, and hit the bottle to drown her sorrows. After Charity passed out on the sofa, the doctor sexually assaulted her. Emma Atkins as Charity Dingle and Lawrence Robb as Mackenzie Boyd. ITV In the aftermath, Charity reported the rape to the police, though DS Reid (Angela Lonsdale) revealed that there was a lack of evidence, and therefore no charge could be made. Todd also insisted that the sex was consensual, and fled the village …



