There have been some chilling villains in the history of soaps but they may all have to bow to a new girl on the block.
Emmerdale’s Emma Barton has jumped to the top of the soap psycho list with a chilling performance that set in motion the biggest horror crash this side of Hollywood.
She has never come across as the most stable of characters, looking to do what she needs to do to ensure she gets her way.
But it stepped up a level when she argued with her life’s love, James Barton, and pushed him off a bridge in to oncoming traffic, starting a 12-car pile up.
That in itself is quite a shocking action to take but it is something that she said just before, that has hit home hard.
The push on James may have been spur of the moment but her bizarre reference to Holly Barton’
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