Emmerdale's Charity Dingle to face past amid killer guilt with 'unusual' support as actress 'gutted'

Emmerdale's Charity Dingle is set to delve into the trauma of her past in a new post-traumatic stress disorder storyline amidst the guilt of killing Harry. Over Christmas, viewers were shocked to see the much-loved character accidentally turn killer as she rushed to save her husband Mackenzie Boyd.

Mack was kidnapped by Harry, also known as Damon, before beating him black and blue in an abandoned warehouse with plans to finish him off for good following his doomed relationship with his daughter, Chloe Harris. Mack, played by Lawrence Robb, recently ended his relationship with Chloe to reunite with wife Charity, played by Emma Atkins, after he saved her when the trio were involved in a horror car crash back in October.

After lying about choosing Charity over her, despite being the mother of his son Reuben, Mack finally gave in to his true feelings and went back to Charity. Meanwhile, Chloe was heartbroken and has since tried to escape the village. Her plan was rumbled and in recent scenes, viewers have seen the mum-of-one pushed to reach out to her dad before she saw what he was really capable of.

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Despite trying to free Mack, in the end, Chloe tried to get Mack to sign away all his parental rights of his son but after following Chloe and Harry to the warehouse, Charity rushed in to try and save Mack as Harry wielded a gun. Chloe had initially stood in harm's way to protect Mack after which Charity ran in shouting 'no' butMack then knocked over Harry who had pointed the gun at her.

At the climax, the gun fell to