Kim Tate won’t be returning to Emmerdale alone next year when she is released from prison.
Actress Claire King has revealed Kim’s evil henchman Vincent will return with her when she comes back in six months.
The as yet to be cast villain was mentioned by Kim as she threatened to get him to kill Joe Tate if Graham wouldn’t.
Stoic Graham tried to talk her out of it, calling Vincent a sadist who would ‘torture’ Joe before finally killing him.
But Kim wouldn’t back down, forcing Graham to kill Joe himself.
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And now Claire has revealed that Vincent will be making an appearance in the village.
She told The Sun Online: “Vincent is another right hand man of hers but he’s particularly nasty.
“He makes Graham look like a little pussycat.
“I think because we’ve mentioned him, Andy and I were saying, ‘Hmm Vincent’s been mentioned more than three times so you should probably watch your job then matey.’
“He really is a nasty assassin and not a nice persona at all but she probably gets him to do the really horrible dirty jobs.
“He’ll be an interesting character.”
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But his appearance won’t air for a while as Kim herself left the village on Friday after being taken back to prison.
However it has been confirmed she will return in six months after she has completed her sentence.
Emmerdale boss Jane Hudson promised an explosive comeback.
She said: “Although Kim’s initial return was fleeting, she caused such mischief and chaos that we couldn’t resist bringing her back.
“Kim Tate is just getting warmed up for an explosive 2019 which will see her hell-bent on getting exactly what, and who, she wants.”
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