Emmerdale fans horrified as Leyla Cavanagh is kidnapped in violent scenes – despite paying off drug dealer
EMMERDALE viewers were left open-mouthed after Leyla Cavanagh was kidnapped by her former drug dealer.
Leyla was targeted by evil Callum after she hatched a plan to make him pay for stabbing her son Jacob Gallagher.
Leyla crossed paths with Callum on a night out, which inspired an idea to get him in trouble with the police.
She recorded some incriminating footage, which showed Callum in the middle of yet another drug deal.
But Leyla soon regretted antagonising Callum, as he responded by threatening to hurt Jacob again.
Callum also attacked Leyla’s best friend Suzy Merton when he found out that she was plotting against him too.
Caleb Miligan noticed Leyla in distress and went to check on her.
Sharing some advice, he suggested that she should play to win when it comes to Callum.
After giving this some thought, Leyla text Callum and arranged to meet up so they can sort things out once and for all.
Leyla gave Callum the money – but the situation escalated when Leyla was kidnapped by Callum.
Viewers were horrified as things took a nasty turn for the worse, and despaired of Leyla’s lack of common sense.
Taking to Twitter, one said: “For god’s sake Leyla, as if you’d go alone to meet that nutter!”
Another wrote: “Definitely never give a dodgy person money and demand they stay away! They never definitely always come back for more !
A third penned: “There is stupid and there is stupid, but what Leyla just did is worse.”
Upcoming scenes will see Suzy get annoyed when Leyla fails to pick her up from the hospital as planned.
However, Suzy’s irritation turns to panic when she learns that Leyla is missing and not answering her phone.
Word spreads that Leyla is in danger, but can her loved ones bring her back to safety?
Actress Roxy Shahidi, who plays Leyla, teased: “When Leyla meets up with Callum, she wants to pay him off.
“She thinks that if she can utilise every single financial asset she’s got and offer him everything, that will resolve the situation because then he’ll feel there’s nothing left to take from her.
“Leyla sells her car and maxes out her credit cards. She goes to meet him and she’s hoping that is going to draw a line under it.
“Callum takes her money and stuffs her in the back of a car, which was quite scary to film. He takes her to an unknown destination.
“It’s to film such dramatic scenes. It’s good because I think we’ve got really good stuff, but they’re never really nice to film because you go to a traumatic place when you do it.
“Tom Ashley, who plays Callum, is very nice and very professional. He’s a gentleman – he’s lovely.”
Emmerdale airs on weeknights at 7.30pm on ITV1.
