Emmerdale fans make demand for new village resident after Matty Barton prison attack twist

Emmerdale fans have made a demand for there to be a new village resident after they were shocked to learn the truth about Matty Barton's prison attack. After a wonderful soap wedding between Matty and Amy Wyatt earlier this year, their marital bliss was quickly interrupted when he was arrested for stabbing Samson Dingle.

As viewers of the ITV soap saw last month, Samson's mate Josh took a shine to Amy and continually flirted with her, despite admitting she's a married woman. Josh was introduced to Matty but unbeknownst to anyone else, he later branded Matty a 'freak' after discovering he'd transitioned from a woman.

As he continued openly flirting with Amy, Samson was clearly uncomfortable at the exchange and tried to get his new pal to give it a rest. However, once Amy had gone, Josh turned to Matty and continued to jibe him before he eventually had had enough. Pouring their paid-for beers away, Matty told them both to leave, which infuriated Josh.

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While outside, Josh made it clear the situation wasn’t over, as he told Samson they were owed their drinks. Storming back inside, Matty tried to tell them both he had shut the cafe, although Josh was adamant they weren’t leaving without getting their drinks and started making awful remarks about Matty being transgender.

As Samson joined in the aggravation, Matty warned them to leave before he called the police. Josh started referring to Matty as “she” and as he tried to carry on with closing up, picking up a chopping board and a knife, Josh's anger escalated and he pushed Samson into Matty,