{"id":35528,"date":"2023-08-04T21:00:11","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T19:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1867365"},"modified":"2023-08-07T06:24:50","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T04:24:50","slug":"the-spencers-crumble-in-emmerdale-as-dan-is-charged-with-manslaughter","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/the-spencers-crumble-in-emmerdale-as-dan-is-charged-with-manslaughter\/","title":{"rendered":"The Spencers crumble in Emmerdale as Dan is charged with manslaughter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> The father and daughter are devastated. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Laura Denby\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Friday, 04 August 2023 at 19:00 PM<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>Dan (Liam Fox) and Amelia Spencer (Daisy Campbell) were left broken in tonight\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/emmerdale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Emmerdale<\/a> (4th August), as he was charged with unlawful killing.<\/p>\n<p>Lloyd (Matt Sutton), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/emmerdale\/emmerdale-dan-spencer-arrested-newsupdate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the man Dan punched<\/a> over stalking Amelia, died this week \u2013 just as Dan was pleading guilty to GBH.<\/p>\n<p>After Dan confessed to Amelia that the incident wasn\u2019t self-defence, she was too upset and angry to speak to him.<\/p>\n<p>Amelia stayed with boyfriend Noah Dingle (Jack Downham), admitting to him that she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/emmerdale\/emmerdale-amelia-big-mistake-newsupdate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">nearly lied to the police<\/a>. She was worried that Dan had changed his plea in court because of her behaviour, and didn\u2019t know how to face her dad.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, at the garage, new recruit Mackenzie Boyd (Lawrence Robb) assured Dan that he wasn\u2019t out to take his place, but Dan had bigger concerns when a police detective arrived to take him to the station.<\/p> <p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Once there, Dan was floored to learn that Lloyd had died from a re-bleed on the brain, which was indeed caused by Dan\u2019s single punch.<\/p>\n<p>He was then charged with unlawfully killing Lloyd, which equated to manslaughter. When he returned home, friend Mandy Dingle (Lisa Riley) was there to listen as Dan unburdened his guilt once more. Mandy tried to cheer him up, but to no avail.<\/p>\n<p>It was soon time to update Amelia, as Dan explained he needed to face up to his actions. Amelia couldn\u2019t bear to hear it, but she asked how long Dan might be jailed for.<\/p>\n<p>When he replied that his solicitor said he could be serving between three to eight years in prison, she broke down.<\/p>\n<p>Dan assured her that he could get through anything as long as he still had Amelia and her baby daughter Esther in his life \u2013 but will he receive the maximum sentence?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/emmerdale\/emmerdale-spoilers-laurel-kidnapped\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">5 Emmerdale spoilers: Laurel is kidnapped as Dan and Amelia consider going on the run<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/emmerdale\/emmerdale-rishi-death-reactions-newsupdate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Emmerdale fans \u201cgutted\u201d at shock Rishi Sharma death<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/soaps\/emmerdale\/samantha-giles-leaving-emmerdale-bernice-blackstock-newsupdate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Samantha Giles to leave Emmerdale role as Bernice Blackstock<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Emmerdale airs on weekdays at 7:30pm on ITV1 and ITVX. 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