{"id":44175,"date":"2025-07-31T20:30:40","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T19:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/?p=44175"},"modified":"2025-07-31T17:50:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T16:50:15","slug":"emmerdale-robert-attack-john-mirrors-assault-lee-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/news\/emmerdale-robert-attack-john-mirrors-assault-lee-prison\/","title":{"rendered":" How Robert attack on John mirrors assault that landed him in prison in Emmerdale"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thursday\u2019s episode of Emmerdale saw Robert Sugden<\/a> lose his rag and hit John with a spanner \u2013 an incident that mirrors his previous attack on rapist Lee Posner.<\/p>

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Since being released from prison, Robert and John Sugden<\/a> have not seen eye-to-eye and have been constantly tried to score points against one another.<\/p>\n

This has escalated and the latest episode saw Robert leave John for dead. But this isn\u2019t the first time Robert has struck out at somebody<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Robert attacks John in Emmerdale<\/h2>\n

This week has seen Robert come dangerously close to discovering his half-brother\u2019s crimes. It has come to his attention that Chas, Jacob and Cain have all been \u2018saved\u2019 by John \u2013 something that Robert, correctly, sees as suspicious.<\/p>\n

However, John has also been working at discrediting Robert and he finally got what he needed after planting a listening device in Robert\u2019s living room<\/a>.<\/p>

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