Emmerdale kids gone bad: Angel confesses she thinks she’s evil, but she’s not the only one – from Lachlan White to Tom King

Emmerdale kids have been getting into trouble as long as the show has been on the air!

Right now, Angelica King is struggling with the reality of being back in the village after serving her sentence for killing Heath in the car accident.

In Monday’s episode her mum Nicola discovered the teen is worried that she is evil.

Emmerdale kids gone bad!

While Angel wrestles with the guilt of what happened, we were thinking that she’s definitely not the first Emmerdale teenager to go bad. Here’s a round-up of the other youngsters who went right off the rails…

Robert Sugden

Robert Sugden had lost two mums by the time he reached his teens, and caught his dad cheating, so in some ways it’s no surprise that all that heartbreak made him cold and manipulative.

As a younger teen, Robert was involved in the car accident that left a teacher dead – more on that later. He didn’t learn his lesson, though, as just a couple of years later he crashed his car and scarpered, leaving girlfriend Elaine unconscious. Then he lied about it! He even had a romance with much older Nicola Blackstock (now King). URGH.

Teenage Robert had a feud with his adopted brother Andy, that led to all sorts of trouble over the years. He seduced Andy’s fiancée Katie, and they began an affair. Later, Katie and Robert got engaged, but he cheated on her. And when his feud with Andy led to Max King’s death in – you guessed it – another car accident, Robert left the village and didn’t return properly for another nine years.

Andy Sugden

Andy and Robert were once best friends – that’s why the Sugden family took Andy in as a troubled youngster. But Robert’s jealousy made things tricky as Andy tried his best to prove he was a proper member of the family.

Unfortunately for Andy and his adopted mum Sarah, that meant him torching the barn in a misguided attempt to solve the family’s financial troubles. Unbeknownst to Andy, Sarah was inside the barn. She died and though Jack got the blame at first, it was Andy who eventually ‘fessed up. Robert never really forgave him.

Lachlan White

Troubled and troublesome teen Lachlan was the son of Chrissie White and Robert Sugden’s stepson.

Lachlan was awkward and odd, but when he first came to the village he was sweetly supportive to Belle Dingle and encouraged her to get help for her mental health issues.

But it was when he befriended Jacob Gallagher that things took a turn. Lachlan became overly interested in Jacob’s mum, Alicia, and even bought her an expensive handbag as a present, which Alicia returned. Lachlan sexually assaulted Alicia, and eventually his mum Chrissie reported him to the police.

That was only the start for Lachlan. He went on to shoot his grandfather Lawrence, kill his mum and Lawrence in a car crash he caused, murder fan fave Gerry and a conman who was posing as Gerry’s uncle, and kidnap his aunt Rebecca and hold her hostage!

Thankfully, Lachlan’s now behind bars!

Emmerdale kids gone back: The teens in 2002

In 2002, the village teens – Robert and Andy Sugden, Ollie and Marc Reynolds, Donna Windsor, Katie Addyman and Eve Birch – planned a night out in Hotten.

When they missed the last bus home, Andy tried to impress his mates by stealing a car. Marc got behind the wheel and they set off for home, only to hit someone walking in the road.

Horrified, the joyriders realised they had hit and killed their headteacher, Miss Strickland!

They torched the car and covered up what they’d done, as the village mourned the loss. But Marc’s conscience got the better of him and despite the others trying to stop him, he went to the police.

He tried to take the full blame but his friends admitted they were also involved.

Marc was sent to Young Offenders, just like Angelica, while the other teens got community service.

Tom King

Back in 2013, Tom King was known as Thomas and he had a vendetta against his dad Carl’s ex, Chas Dingle.

Chas had recently been found not guilty of murdering Carl. She didn’t kill him – that had been Dales serial killer, Cameron Murray – though she had believed she’d committed the crime for a while.

But even after Chas was let off, Thomas still thought she was guilty. He began a campaign of harassment against Chas, sending her creepy photos with the eyes scratched out, throwing bottles at her, trashing the pub living room and generally making her life a misery. And it looks like he hasn’t changed a bit!

No, we’re not sure why she didn’t bring this up when Belle got together with him, either!

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