Lisa Dingle's justice comes at a big price (VIDEO)
Dirty Derek Benrose goes to court on multiple charges of rape in Emmerdale this week, but his conviction is not wholly satisfying to one of his victims, Lisa Dingle. Lisa commands husband Zak not to attend the trial for fear of him distracting her from her evidence. But the way Zak sees it, a husband should always support his wife. He turns up just as Lisa has taken the stand and, sure enough, her evidence crumbles under a barrage of defence questioning and Zak's off-putting stare. And Lisa won't simply forget how Zak disobeyed her request... Get the scoop on Emmerdale, including why Amy runs away from the village:
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Patrick McLennan is a London-based journalist and documentary maker who has worked as a writer, sub-editor, digital editor and TV producer in the UK and New Zealand. His CV includes spells as a news producer at the BBC and TVNZ, as well as web editor for Time Inc UK. He has produced TV news and entertainment features on personalities as diverse as Nick Cave, Tom Hardy, Clive James, Jodie Marsh and Kevin Bacon and he co-produced and directed The Ponds, which has screened in UK cinemas, BBC Four and is currently available on Netflix.
An entertainment writer with a diverse taste in TV and film, he lists Seinfeld, The Sopranos, The Chase, The Thick of It and Detectorists among his favourite shows, but steers well clear of most sci-fi.