Tom found GUILTY?

Will shattered Belle testify when her abusive ex goes on trial?

- SARAH WATERFALL

It has taken months of sheer hell to get to this point. Finally, Belle's abusive husband, Tom King, is standing trial, accused of assault and coercive control. But in a last roll of the dice, the master manipulator attempts to take his own life, putting the entire case at risk...

For Belle, it's a sucker punch. Terrified that this nightmare will end with Tom's death on her hands, she unravels, unsure what to think or feel.

'Belle is conflicted and confused because when they were away in Wales at the cottage, Tom tried to take his own life, but then later on, she realised it was all a facade and, in fact, he'd set himself up, and her up,' explains Eden TaylorDraper, who plays her. 'So now, she doesn't know what to believe. Everyone around her is saying, "He is doing it again, he's trying to play you, to get in your head."