{"id":2072,"date":"2024-07-24T19:55:58","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T18:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emmerdale-insider.com\/?p=2072"},"modified":"2024-07-24T13:40:12","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T12:40:12","slug":"controversy-surrounding-emmerdale-puppy-piper-tom-anger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/characters\/controversy-surrounding-emmerdale-puppy-piper-tom-anger\/","title":{"rendered":"Controversy surrounding Emmerdale puppy Piper as Tom takes his anger out on her again"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emmerdale fans have seen it all \u2013 plotting, scheming, murder, affairs and abuse, but one thing they really can\u2019t get on board with is animal abuse and when Tom King<\/a> abused Piper the dog it sent them wild with anger.<\/p>

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And tonight (Wednesday July 24) he was at it again, punishing Piper and cruelly locking her outside, before blaming Belle for it all.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s fair to say there has been much controversy since Piper was introduced into the soap and we expect there\u2019s soon to be more following tonight\u2019s episode.<\/p>\n

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Emmerdale viewers vow to switch off over Piper abuse<\/h2>\n

Disgusted viewers insisted they would \u2018stop watching\u2019 back in May after twisted Tom King injected Piper. It was all to regain control over wife Belle Dingle<\/a> who had checked herself into a mental health unit.<\/p>\n

That hadn\u2019t been Tom\u2019s plan when he manipulated her into believing she\u2019d missed her medication and he was furious it had gone so wrong. When she then refused to see or speak to him, Tom went to extreme lengths by injecting Piper with drugs so she would become unwell. Then he knew that would lure Belle home and back under his control.<\/p>

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