Oliver: I've hit real dead end

SOAP STAR GUTTED AT GRISLY EXIT

- by CHRISTINE SMITH

IN a dramatic cliffhanger at end of the Corriedale the episode, Emmerdale fans saw Victoria Sugden standing over the dead body of her half-brother John.

Flashback scenes will reveal if she killed arch villain John Sugden, who has finally got his comeuppance for killing Nate Robinson and the havoc he has wreaked since arriving in the Dales 18 months ago.

But actor Oliver Farnworth is devastated by his character's demise.

"To do the story and the character justice, it's important villains get their comeuppance, that's what people like to see.

"For me, personally, I wanted to stay at Emmerdale for ever. I loved it there. So selfishly, I would say I wish he hadn't been killed off." Oliver, 43, has relished playing such a strong character, adding: "It has been one great story after another."

At the end of Monday's Corriedale special - a crossover episode between Emmerdale and Corrie after a dramatic chase through the woods John shot Cain Dingle and knocked out Det Con Kit Green.

And fans were shocked to see Victoria, rather than archrival Robert Sugden, standing over John's corpse.

Even Oliver was taken aback, saying: "I was like, 'OMG where has Victoria come from?' when I was reading through everything. But I love the ambiguity of the fact you see Victoria standing over John's dead body.