A history of violence: what happened between Tom and Chas in Emmerdale

The residents of Emmerdale are starting to cotton onto Tom King‘s abuse of wife Belle, with Chas being the latest to learn what he’s been up to .

Like Charity and Cain before her, Chas immediately believed Belle’s version of events, and quickly leapt to her defence as Jimmy and Amelia stressed over missing Tom.

As they bickered over whether or not Belle is telling the truth, Chas and Charity reminded Jimmy of Tom’s none-too savoury history in the Dales. In particular, his stalking of Chas a few years ago.

But what went down between Chas and Tom?

Belle Dingle finds out Tom King is going out with Amelia Spencer — Chas shares her own horrible history with Tom (Credit: ITV)

Tom terrorises Chas

Tom made Chas’s life a misery in the wake of his dad Carl’s death. Blaming her for the murder (in spite of it being Cameron who had delivered the killing blow), Tom made it his life’s mission to bring Chas to task.

During this time, Tom sent Chas a series of sinister images in the post – depicting her and Carl together, with her eyes scratched out. He would also call the Woolpack from a withheld number, terrorising her over the phone.

Young Tom King on Emmerdale — Tom King (then played by Mark Flanagan) was revealed to be Chas’s stalker (Credit: ITV/YouTube)

Tom unmasked as Chas’s stalker

His campaign of targeted stalking escalated as he threw a bottle at her outside of the pub, leaving Chas with minor injuries.

He was caught out while trying to graffiti the walls of her home. After being disturbed by Gabby Thomas, Chas and Jimmy gave chase – and unmasked him as her stalker.

It was then that Tom revealed he wanted revenge on her for his father’s death. Chas’s apologies and pleas that she had only been acting in self-defence fell on deaf ears.

That anyone would believe Tom King at all is particularly surprising given his behaviour towards Chas in the past. How quickly people forget!