Emmerdale fans fear for Robert's safety as killer John on the loose

There's concern for Emmerdale favourite Robert Sugden after his killer brother John Sugden was found out.

Finally, John's crimes were exposed and the village learned what he'd been up to for the past year or so. Robert Sugden was finally released from prison after being charged with attempted murder last week.

John had set his brother and enemy up, after dragging his husband Aaron Dingle off of a cliff. Aaron had just found out John killed Nate Robinson, and the other crimes he'd done - as well as the kidnapping of Mack Boyd.

But instead of confessing to the police, John believed Aaron would get back with his ex Robert and on seeing Robert arrive to help Aaron, he jumped into a gorge and took Aaron with him. After days in a coma Aaron woke up this week and finally revealed what happened to Mack, and that John was a killer.

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Robert eventually got released and when he returned to the village, he had a touching moment with Cain Dingle. Cain gave him a look of appreciation after Robert had pushed for people to realise that John had killed Cain's son Nate.

He wasn't believed until Aaron and Mack shared the same information. Cain seemed grateful that Robert had helped uncover his son's killer, and had John marked from the start.

Unfortunately Chas Dingle and even Aaron didn't give Robert the apology he deserved after he wasn't believed for months. Victoria Sugden did her best but some fans were not impressed with the show quickly moving on before Robert being heard out.

But now a new threat could be on the horizon, as the end of Friday's episode saw John on the run. Despite a heavy police presence in the village and a search underway for the killer, he managed to sneak to the area without being seen.

He was spying on Robert and Victoria, as the pair hugged it out. Robert told his sister he was "going nowhere" just as the camera panned to John watching them.

With that and Mack's comments about John hating Robert, fans are now fearing John could target Robert if he isn't found soon. One fan said: "John... I don't like this ending stay away from Robert."

Another said: "They made a huge point of pointing out that Robert is the only one John actually hates. Legit think John is gonna try to kill Robert now. He couldn't frame Robert or kill Aaron to take him away from him and now he's going to try to kill Robert."

A third fan posted: "John going after Robert actually makes so much sense, why didn't we think of this?" A fourth added: "He's obviously going to try and kill Robert now."

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