ITV Emmerdale's Meena Jutla star Paige Sandhu shares goodbye message as exit leaves fans crying

She's been in the soap for two years and has been causing havoc for much of that but Meena Jutla's fate was officially sealed in the latest Emmerdale scenes.

The nurse turned serial killer had her last hoorah on the stand during Monday night's trip to the Dales as she finally faced her punishment for the deaths of Leanna Cavanagh, Andrea Tate, and Ben Tucker. It came after dramatic scenes on the ITV soap last week when Meena's murder trial turned into a siege.

Following the horror of the guilty verdicts, the victim's families chose not to attend the sentencing, adding to Meena's distress as she once again wanted an audience, as well as thinking she'd still be getting away with murder. "Wait, they're not here yet. My sister should be here," she the judge was about to get underway.

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Her request to wait wasn't heeded to and he went on to declare: "Meena Jutla you have been convicted by the jury for the murders of Leanna Cavanagh, Andrea Tate and Ben Tucker. Your intention was to kill and you were successful. You killed each of them in the most unexpected and frightful ways. I must now sentence you for these murders.

"Leanna Cavanagh, Andrea Tate and Ben Tucker were blameless victims, they simply had the misfortune to get in your way. A beloved daughter, a beloved mother and a beloved son, needlessly killed by you. I have seen no genuine remorse from you, you are a manipulative person, who has told many lies, and shifted the blame to try and save your own skin."

Delivering the outcome just as Meena's sister Manpreet Sharma walked into the courtroom, the judge told Meena that she had been sentenced to life, a minimum of 25