Emmerdale fans were in for a shock when they tuned in to the ITV soap on Tuesday night (June 14) as Nicola King was brutally attacked. The character had gone on a spontaneous trip out with half-sister Bernice Blackstock and Laurel Thomas.
Nicola and Bernice had just made up after Nicola messed up Bernice's chances with a guy at the council. So the trio headed out to a bar in an attempt to find romantic suitors for Laurel and Bernice when they bumped into a group of guys. One took a shine to Laurel and Bernice tried chatting to a few others.
Feeling a gooseberry, Nicola decided to leave but as she went to go, Bernice told her she had left her house keys in her car. So Nicola headed off to collect them before making her way back to the village. But when she made her way to the car park, she couldn't help having a snipe at a couple of girls who appeared to have been drinking.