Serial killer Meena Jutla (Paige Sandhu) finally got her comeuppance on Emmerdale tonight as she was locked up for good for her murderous antics.
The jury were quick to return to court with their verdict, and there were sighs of relief in the gallery as they found her guilty of murdering Leanna, Ben and Andrea.
"You're kidding me. You call this justice?" exclaimed a shocked Meena before remonstrating with the judge. "Oooh, I'm scared," she told him. "What are you going to do - send me down for life?"
As the jury began to exit, Carol (Laura Pitt-Pulford) - sister of Meena's historic victim Nadine - appeared in the gallery and started to heckle Meena.
"Why are you even here?" Meena replied dismissively. "This trial isn't even about Nadine - she's that irrelevant. No wonder she topped herself, couldn't deal with what she saw in the mirror."
Incensed, Carol came down from the gallery and struck Meena in the head with a concealed piece of glass before being dragged away by guards.
The judge asked if Liam (Jonny McPherson) could tend to Meena as she lay on the floor but Manpreet (Rebecca Sarker) instead stepped forward - only for her sister to jump back to her feet and take her hostage with the glass.
"Anyone comes near and I will cut her throat. Stay where you are - nobody's going anywhere," she told the room. "This is my courtroom now... and there's a new judge in charge."
As the stunned court were left with no choice but to comply, Meena proceeded to take great delight in describing to Liam how she killed his daughter, deciding not to call an ambulance to save her then removed her ring from her dead finger.
"All this grandstanding is not going to change anything," Manpreet interjected. "You are going to prison and then straight to hell."
"The devil will love me and I'll probably end up running the place," Meena shot back gleefully.
Armed police then stormed the courtoom but Meena was quick to react, keeping Manpreet hostage with the glass to her neck before slowly exiting down some stairs.
Eventually the sisters found themselves outside in a courtyard with no way out and the armed police closing in.
After Manpreet to managed to gain control of the weapon, Meena had one final revelation for her sister as she attempted to provoke her into killing her.
"All that guilt you still have over not getting to dad's deathbed in time," she began. "He was suffering, waiting for you to get there, so I injected extra morphine into his drip."
"You killed him," a stunned Manpreet replied, prompting Meena to laugh. "Like Nadine was my first kill!" she answered. "I ended him because he was like every other weak, pathetic man in my life. I was there holding his hand, nursing him, but it was you he was calling out for."
In a rage, Manpreet lunged at Meena, who goaded her to finish her off.
"No," said Manpreet, composing herself while the police swooped in to apprehend Meena. "I am nothing like you."
"This is not how it ends," Meena screamed hysterically as she was dragged away.
"Yes it is, sis," Manpreet replied.
Emmerdale continues Friday at 7.30pm on ITV.
Neil Wilkes
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