Emmerdale spoilers – Mandy Dingle pretends to be Lydia Hart to steal her inheritance
Mandy Dingle is up to no good in Emmerdale next week, as she pretends to be Lydia Hart to get her hands on some cash she’s been left.
When a mysterious visitor arrives at Wishing Well cottage, Mandy – who’s played by returning star Lisa Riley - reluctantly lets him in.
The unexpected guest introduces himself as a solicitor, and Mandy’s interest is piqued when the solicitor explains they’re looking for Lydia Hart – Karen Blick.
The visitor goes on to explain that Lydia has been gifted a large sum of money by a mystery benefactor and Mandy has an idea.
She tells the solicitor that she’s Lydia and flirts up a storm as she tries to persuade him to hand over the cash.
But her conscience pricks her as Lydia and Sam arrive and interrupt Mandy’s latest scam.
Will Mandy go through with stealing Lydia’s money? Or will Lydia and Sam discover what she’s been up to?
It’s not the first time Mandy has pretended to be someone else since her return last month either.
This week she pretends to be pregnant Chas Dingle so she can attend an ante-natal class with her ex-husband, Paddy Kirk.
It’s not exactly clear why Mandy pulls the pregnancy stunt but she spots an opportunity when Chas – who’s played by Lucy Pargeter – doesn’t want to go.
Emmerdale fans were delighted when Mandy made her long-awaited comeback last month, walking in on cousin Marlon’s cheating wife, Jessie.
The fan favourite arrived back in the village in the second episode of tonight's double bill after a brief stint on the show earlier this year.
And she found herself straight in the middle of a drama as she walked into Marlon's house and caught his wife Jessie snogging her ex-husband Al.
Jumping apart, Jessie cried: "What the hell are you doing here?"
Looking seriously unimpressed, Mandy replied: "Ruining the moment obviously."
Jessie immediately told her off for bursting into her home, but she was having none of it.
She said sarcastically: "I think you'll find this is his house and you won't be here much longer."
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As Jessie pleaded with Mandy not to tell her cousin, she said: "Have you been on the nail polish? Of course I have to tell him!"
Jessie then brought up Marlon's young daughter April, and whipping round, Mandy hissed:"Are you really going to go there? His little girl? You're a cheating skank and you're not going to talk your way out of this one."