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Emmerdale’s Leyla battles cocaine addiction, David faces dilemma

Will Liam find out what's going on?

Emmerdale character David discovered that Leyla has been doing cocaine.

He was determined to tell her husband Liam so she can get the help she needs.

But has Leyla convinced David to keep quiet?

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Leyla has been taking cocaine (Credit: ITV)

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Emmerdale: Leyla’s drug addiction

For months, Leyla has been secretly taking cocaine.

She began taking drugs with Suzy Merton – who eventually came to work in the village with Leyla and started a relationship with Vanessa Woodfield.

However when Suzy realised Moira Dingle was the mother of Holly Barton, she revealed to Leyla that she use to employ Holly to do photography at the weddings she organised.

But Suzy soon found out that they day she gave Holly the money for drugs was the same day Holly died of an overdose.

Suzy swore to stop doing cocaine, but Leyla struggled to give it up.

Emmerdale Suzy is torn as she dumps Vanessa
Suzy was the one who gave Holly the money to buy drugs (Credit: ITV)

Recently Vanessa found out about Suzy and Holly’s connection and told Moira.

Vanessa broke things off with her and everyone cut Suzy off, including Leyla who pretended not to know anything about Suzy and Holly’s connection, or the fact Suzy took drugs.

However in tonight’s episode (Tuesday, July 19 2022) David caught Leyla about to do a line of cocaine after she had a hard day.

She tried to explain her way out of it, but David could see Leyla was struggling with addiction.

He wanted to tell her husband Liam, who is a doctor, so she could seek help.

However she begged him not to say anything.

Will David tell Liam?

David Metcalfe walks in as Leyla prepares to take cocaine and is shocked
David caught Leyla about to do a line of coke (Credit: ITV)

Spoilers: Will David tell Liam the truth?

Later this week Liam gets a message from David asking to meet. Is he about to tell Liam about Leyla’s addiction?

Leyla tries to convince David that she’s stopped doing cocaine and won’t be doing it again.

Will David tell Liam? Could it end up splitting Liam and Leyla up?

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Emmerdale usually airs weeknights at 7.30pm on ITV, with an hour episode on Thursdays.

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Charlotte Rodrigues
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Charlotte Rodrigues joined Entertainment Daily in April 2018, as Audience Engagement Executive. A huge soap fan, Charlotte then became Senior Soap Writer, delivering the latest storylines and spoilers to our followers.