Emmerdale residents will learn of Pierce Harris’s death in upcoming scenes on the soap, after his son Marcus Dean made a surprise return to the village.
ITV spoilers have revealed that news of the abuser's death spreads on the soap after it is reported on in the local newspaper the Hotten Courier.
Rhona Goskirk (Zoe Henry) was left shocked when she learnt that her former husband Pierce (Jonathan Wrather) had died in jail, while serving time for raping her and killing her boyfriend Graham Foster.