Holby City viewers were left devastated this evening as fan favourite Jac Naylor left after 16 years. Actress Rosie Marcel has appeared on the BBC drama series as surgeon Jac since she was 27, but decided to leave to step back and re-evaluate her life.
In tonight's explosive episode, Holby was under siege by a gunman who held Jac, her colleagues and patients as hostages. As she called his bluff, the gunman fired at her - but was unable to kill her as he had run out of bullets.
And after realising that Kian had returned to drugs, it was the final straw for Jac as she decided it was time to leave the hospital for good.
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