Emmerdale viewers were left shaken and upset after watching Cain Dingle brutally attack his wife Moira in last night’s episode.
On Wednesday (16 January), the mechanic lost control and raged against his shocked wife – smashing up the kitchen, pinning her to the fridge and punching a hole in the wall.
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It’s not the first – or we expect the last – time Cain has shown a violent side, but viewers were disgusted he’d turned on a woman and blasted him for domestic violence.
Cain snapped when daughter Debbie realised that Moira knew about Joe Tate’s death too.
Although Moira tried to fix the situation, Debbie left distraught telling her Dad he was dead to her – and Cain took his rage out on the only remaining woman in his life…
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Cain shouted at his wife for making the situation worse and started smashing up the kitchen, before lashing out at her and slamming her against the fridge.
When Matty walked in on this horrible scene, he shouted: “What is it with you and hurting your family? Only I just saw Debbie. What have you done to her?”
Cain then turned his anger on Matty, threatening to punch him in the face, but punched the wall instead.
After some heated words, Moira told Cain: “If you’re hellbent on hitting self destruct and bringing everyone else with you then I don’t want to watch. I’m done Cain.”
Is this the end for Cain and Moira?
Will Moira ever be able to forgive him for lashing out at her?
Fans were disturbed by the scenes, with one tweeting: “I know Cain feels bad for what he did but like… did he really need to almost beat his wife and stepson?? #emmerdale.”
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Cain, you are out of line. That's domestic abuse. Its absolutely unforgivable 😡#Emmerdale
— Vanessa⁷🏳️🌈 (@vanessa_rocha88) January 16, 2019
disgusted in cain attacking moria hate this shit! he needs to get a grip and fast!! when's graham telling the truth??
— Jade 🌺 (@jadehar21) January 16, 2019
Cain’s been going too far 4 yrs & @emmerdale, both the show & their social media, have been excusing it, diminishing his violence by calling him a “bad boy.” What’s next? “Boys will be Boys” as he lands some1 else in a hosp or morgue. Stop making excuses for #ToxicMasculinity
— Tanya (@scifichica) January 16, 2019
https://twitter.com/KWMadhead94/status/1085647949835599872
Cain has lost it #Emmerdale
— Stacey💖 (@Stacey_MW_WL) January 16, 2019
Another said: “Disgusted in Cain attacking Moira. Hate this [bleep]! He needs to get a grip and fast!!”
A third added: “Cain’s been going too far 4 yrs & @emmerdale, both the show & their social media, have been excusing it, diminishing his violence by calling him a ‘bad boy.’ What’s next? ‘Boys will be Boys’ as he lands some1 else in a hosp or morgue. Stop making excuses for #ToxicMasculinity.”
“No Cain. Violent isn’t the answer!” said another, while one said: “Cain, you are out of line. That’s domestic abuse. Its absolutely unforgivable.”
Spoilers tell us that Cain kisses Charity next week as his descent into self-destruction continues.
Will Cain get the help he needs? And will he ever find out the truth about Joe’s ‘death’?
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