The abuser has gone too far with his sick scheme

EMMERDALE’S Tom King has claimed his first victim after committing his first murder tonight in horror scenes.

The abusive vet – who is played by actor James Chase in the ITV soap – killed Piper the dog in Friday night’s episode in another sick ploy to get wife Belle Dingle under his control.

Viewers know Belle has desperately tried to escape his control – and split up with him.

But Tom has been determined to win her back, playing the victim in the village while secretly monitoring Belle via a series of hidden cameras in her cottage and trackers on her.

He turned up at her brother Sam’s birthday party last week and she told him to leave her alone and get out – publicly.

And he did leave and in a fury he drove to the Dingle house and found Piper there on the lane – and he drove at and over her.

He then took her back to the village and calmly waited with the poor suffering pup until he spotted Belle leaving the pub, then rushed over and claimed to have just found her.

After operating on the dog with the help of Rhona, Tom brought Belle in to see Piper and told her that she needed to be put to sleep.

She said goodbye and then left the room, unable to watch while Tom injected her.

Tom then comforted Belle outside, reassuring her that Piper didn’t suffer and was now at peace – but he overplayed his hand when he tried to manipulate her.

Realising he killed her, she confronted him and then exposed him for abusing Piper at the cottage in Wales in front of Rhona.

Tom tried to shut her up, but she told him that she would never forgive him.

And later in the cottage, Belle told Tom: “You are nothing but a sick manipulative bully, and I can’t be anywhere near you – do you understand?

“Get out of my house.”