ITV cuts ties with 'Emmerdale' Writer Martin Fustes after he admitted to domestic abuse charges. The soap has also been ...

A writer for UK daytime TV drama Emmerdale has admitted to assault and suffocation of his girlfriend, forcing ITV to pull it ...

Fustes, who has worked on Emmerdale since 2014 and wrote more than 170 episodes, most recently worked on Tom King’s domestic abuse trial after his coercive control and physical abuse of wife Belle ...

Emmerdale has dropped one of its scriptwriters after he appeared in court charged with abusing his real-life partner. Leeds ...

Note: This article contains discussion of domestic abuse. Emmerdale has withdrawn its entry for the Best Soap award at this year's BAFTA TV awards after writer Martin Fustes was convicted of domestic ...

The beloved ITV soap was hoping to win the title at the ceremony in May, as well as the Continuing Drama award. However, bosses at the channel have now withdrawn the nomination after writer ...

A top writer for ITV's Emmerdale told his partner he wanted to kill her and chop up her face, a court heard. Martin Fustes, 47, assaulted the terrified woman and the made vile threats on January ...

An Emmerdale writer has been axed from the show after he appeared in court for assaulting his girlfriend. Martin Fustes attended Hull Crown Court where he was given a two-year suspended prison ...

AN EMMERDALE script writer narrowly escaped jail after he suffocated his terrified girlfriend - and threatened to "chop her up". Vile Martin Fustes, 47, spat in her face and placed his hands over ...

Long-running British daytime drama “Emmerdale” will no longer be competing in the soap category at the upcoming BAFTA TV Awards after one of its former writers admitted to assaulting his partner.