{"id":32990,"date":"2025-03-12T15:50:10","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T15:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emmerdale-insider.com\/?p=32990"},"modified":"2025-03-12T15:50:10","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T15:50:10","slug":"emmerdale-pulls-out-baftas-belle-tom-storyline-following-writer-domestic-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/news\/emmerdale-pulls-out-baftas-belle-tom-storyline-following-writer-domestic-abuse\/","title":{"rendered":"Emmerdale pulls out of Baftas for Belle and Tom storyline following writer domestic abuse conviction"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emmerdale has withdrawn its entry from this year\u2019s Baftas following the news that a former writer pleaded guilty to the assault of his girlfriend<\/a>.<\/p>

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Martin Fustes pleaded guilty to the assault of his partner, causing actual bodily harm, and an offence of intentional suffocation.<\/p>\n

The soap would have been a frontrunner in the Best Soap and Continuing Drama category at the ceremony, which is due to take place in May. But following the court case has decided to pull out.<\/p>\n

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Emmerdale has pulled out of the Baftas following writer\u2019s conviction (Credit: ITV)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Emmerdale writer prosecuted<\/h2>\n

Hull Crown Court heard that writer Martin Fustes made violent threats toward his partner. He behaved in an \u201cangry and aggressive way\u201d. The woman in question was afraid that she was \u201cgoing to die\u201d.<\/p>\n

Fustes was given a two-year suspended prison sentence. He also has to do 150 hours\u2019 unpaid work, 15 days\u2019 rehabilitation and a 26-session probation service domestic abuse programme. He was ordered to pay \u00a32,000 compensation and \u00a3150 costs. A 10-year restraining order was also given.<\/p>

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