Emmerdale spoilers: David Metcalfe leaves son Jacob Gallagher alone with evil paedophile Maya Stepney as he exits the village
He is unaware his girlfriend has been grooming and abusing his teenage son for months
SHOPKEEPER David Metcalfe prepares to leave the village in Emmerdale next week, unaware he’ll be leaving his son Jacob Gallagher in the clutches of paedophile Maya Stepney.
As David – played by Matthew Wolfenden in the ITV soap – heads off, he doesn’t realise his girlfriend Maya and teenager Jacob will revel in their new found time alone and domesticity with him out of the picture.
Emmerdale fans know that Maya has been grooming and sexually abusing Jacob behind his dad’s back for months.
The horrifying storyline took an even sicker twist last week when teacher Maya – played by Louisa Clein – told her teenage victim that she loved him as he tried to put an end to her abuse.
She said: "I need you Jacob, do you even understand that? I'm an intelligent woman, I've travelled the world, I have a great career.
"I thought I had my life under control but what you're doing to me, playing games, accusing me of playing games.
"I only want you," she said as Jacob was heartbroken over her sleeping with his dad last night.
She hit back, manipulating him: "Oh for God's sake Jacob open your eyes, I love you."
But it was too much for viewers who vowed to stop watching the soap over the disturbing scenes.
One wrote: "I can't watch this. It's sick and too much. Maya needs to go. #Emmerdale"
Another added: "This grooming storyline really has to stop-making me sick...... #Emmerdale
Meanwhile actress Louisa has hit back about the negativity surrounding the dark plot.
Appearing on Lorraine last week she said: “We’ve had a real mixed reaction, we’ve obviously had people who are incredibly shocked, which is right.
“We don’t want to tell a romantic, titillating story.
“We’ve had this mixture of people saying ‘please make it stop now, we’ve had enough’ but others saying ‘thank you for telling this story’.”
In fact Louisa has been bombarded with messages from real life victims of abuse.
She said: “I’ve had messages from people saying ‘this has really helped me, the relationship I thought I had was wrong.
“I am getting these messages and it’s amazing and it makes it worth it.”
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