Emmerdale viewers were left reeling from a dramatic death twist in Wednesday night's episode of the popular ITV soap. In the intense episode, characters Matty Barton and Mack Boyd were left in shock as they discovered several immobile sheep on the farm, prompting an urgent call to the vets.
Vanessa Woodfield arrived shortly afterwards and broke the tragic news to a distraught Moira Dingle that most of her flock had perished, with one in dire condition.
Questions arose when Vanessa enquired whether the livestock had accessed a nearby trough, leading to confusion as Moira affirmed this, believing her son Matty was responsible for feeding them, while he maintained it was his mother who did so.
The mystery deepened as Vanessa noted paint around the mouths of the sheep, prompting further inspection of the trough where they found hay covered in paint.
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