{"id":52283,"date":"2026-02-05T16:48:55","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T16:48:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/?p=52283"},"modified":"2026-02-05T17:13:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T17:13:04","slug":"cain-moira-survive-jeff-hordley-admits-prison-cancer-diagnosis-make-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/news\/cain-moira-survive-jeff-hordley-admits-prison-cancer-diagnosis-make-break\/","title":{"rendered":" Can Cain and Moira survive this? Jeff Hordley admits prison and cancer diagnosis are ‘make or break’ for the couple"},"content":{"rendered":"

Things are not very rosy in camp Dingle at the moment with Moira behind bars for a crime she didn\u2019t commit and Cain facing his prostate cancer diagnosis<\/a>.<\/p>

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One of those things alone is enough to put strain on any marriage, let alone both at the same time. And Jeff Hordley, who plays Cain, has issued a stark warning over the future of the pair\u2019s marriage. Can they survive this?<\/p>\n

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Moira is in prison and Cain doesn\u2019t want to burden her (Credit: ITV)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Cain battling cancer and Moira behind bars in Emmerdale<\/h2>\n

On Monday night (February 2) Moira was arrested after two bodies were found on her land. There was DNA evidence to connect her to the body of Anya who was in the first grave. Then Moira was floored when the police revealed the second body was Celia\u2019s.<\/p>\n

With the evidence mounting against her and the police not really doing their job<\/a> properly, Moira was charged with double murder and remanded to prison.<\/p>\n

Cain was furious and desperate to help his wife, but at the same time he also had to collect his results from his biopsy. Forced to go alone with Moira locked up, on Wednesday February 4 Cain was told he has aggressive prostate cancer.<\/p>

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