{"id":32661,"date":"2025-03-11T12:53:09","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T12:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emmerdale-insider.com\/?p=32661"},"modified":"2025-03-11T12:53:09","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T12:53:09","slug":"emmerdale-writer-behind-tom-and-belle-abuse-storyline-tried-to-suffocate-real-life-girlfriend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/news\/emmerdale-writer-behind-tom-and-belle-abuse-storyline-tried-to-suffocate-real-life-girlfriend\/","title":{"rendered":"Emmerdale writer behind Tom and Belle abuse storyline tried to \u2018suffocate\u2019 real-life girlfriend"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emmerdale bosses have said they are \u201cshocked and appalled\u201d after a former writer on the show appeared in court, having admitted assaulting his partner.<\/p>

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Martin Fustes pleaded guilty to the assault of his girlfriend, causing actual bodily harm, and an offence of intentional suffocation, which took place at the family home on January 27.<\/p>\n

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Fustes has written for Emmerdale since 2006 (Credit: ITV\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Emmerdale writer prosecuted<\/h2>\n

Samantha Laws, prosecuting, told Hull Crown Court that the couple had been together for about 13 years at the time and were living with their children near Hull.<\/p>\n

She said a row broke out between them when the couple were getting ready for bed. Fustes became verbally abusive and poked and prodded his girlfriend in the face and upper body with his fingers, keys and a vape. He also spat in her face.<\/p>\n

Miss Laws added that Fustes stopped his girlfriend from leaving the bedroom and put both hands around her neck two or three times. Fustes also wrapped the woman\u2019s dressing gown hood around her neck and dragged her back to the bed.<\/p>

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