Emmerdale’s Robert Sugden appears in court charged with murder as Ryan Hawley’s exit scenes are revealed
EMMERDALE'S Robert Sugden appears in court charged with murder as Ryan Hawley's exit scenes are revealed in first look pictures.
This week, Robert went on the run with husband Aaron Dingle after hearing that Victoria's rapist Lee had died following his attack on him.
However, Robert ended up handing himself in to the police, much to Aaron's devastation.
Next week, the character will have his day in court charged with Lee's murder, and Robert can be seen standing pensively in the dock as a distraught Aaron watches on from the gallery behind him.
But will he plead guilty to murdering Lee? Or will Aaron's plan to stop him going to prison work?
Viewers saw the character - played by Danny Miller - plot a prison break to get his husband out and back in his arms.
Things got even sadder as the couple - affectionately called Robron by fans - said their goodbyes over the prison telephone in tonight's episode.
Robert told his husband that he'd been charged with murder, leaving Aaron devastated.
Back at home, Liv, Chas and Patrick tried to comfort Aaron, but he told them to give him an hour to himself.
He then picked up the phone, and said to a mysterious person: "You know that favour you owe me. I need to break someone out of prison. You up for it?"
Fans were in shock when they heard Aaron's reckless decision.
One person said: "Ohh #Aaron no don't be stupid. is he trying to get himself banged up with #Robert"
Another added: "That's the Dingle way. The law is never the law, until it all gets even worse and you'd wished you'd just stuck to the law in the first place. So which Dingle is playing Robert's lawyer or prison van driver this time? #Emmerdale"
A third commented: "Knew Aaron wasn't gunna just let it lie. telling you now something will go tits up #Emmerdale."
Other than the prison break cliffhanger, it was the emotional goodbye between Aaron and Robert that tugged at viewer's heart strings.
When Aaron picked up the phone, he said desperately: "You lied to me. You walked away from me."
Robert then explained: "Everything you said to Liv, about having too much to lose. I couldn’t do the same to you.
"Not after what we spoke about. It never would’ve worked. We would’ve been living a lie.
"And sooner or later it all would’ve come crashing down. You deserve better."