{"id":8579,"date":"2024-09-24T19:25:42","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T18:25:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emmerdale-insider.com\/?p=8579"},"modified":"2024-09-24T17:05:22","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T16:05:22","slug":"lydia-dingle-and-her-terror-at-the-hands-of-craig-reed-in-emmerdale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tvguide.co.uk\/emmerdale-insider\/characters\/lydia-dingle-and-her-terror-at-the-hands-of-craig-reed-in-emmerdale\/","title":{"rendered":"Lydia Dingle and her terror at the hands of Craig Reed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lydia Dingle in Emmerdale is the devoted, but no-nonsense wife of Sam, and the heart of the whole Dingle family.<\/p>

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But she\u2019s been through a lot in her time in the village, most recently a brutal rape at the hands of her former boyfriend.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the lowdown on everything that happened.<\/p>\n

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Lydia struggled to process what had happened to her (Credit: ITV)<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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Lydia\u2019s childhood<\/h2>\n

Lydia grew up in a children\u2019s home, where she met Craig Reed. Lydia<\/a> \u2013 who at the time was called Jenny Finn \u2013 got pregnant by Craig. She gave birth alone in the bathroom to a stillborn baby boy. Lydia wrapped her son in a jumper and buried him on what would become the site of Hotten Academy.<\/p>\n

More than 30 years later, Craig came back into Lydia\u2019s life. They reconnected at a jobs fair in the Hide, and became friends. Lydia told Craig about their baby \u2013 who she\u2019d named Toby \u2013 and took him to his final resting place to pay his respects.<\/p>

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