The married man is desperate to keep his affair with Aaron Livesy a secret, so he’s not best pleased when Aaron’s mum Chas Dingle reveals she knows the truth.
When Chas threatens to tell Robert’s wife Chrissie about secret relationship, Robert flips.
In scenes that will air next week, Robert will be seen holding a rock over Chas’ head as she walks away. But will use it?
He’s already been responsible for the death of sister-in-law Katie this year, who also discovered the truth about him and Aaron.
Ryan Hawley, who plats Robert, told Radio Times: “He’s at a really desperate point because Chas isn’t going to back down.
“We saw with Katie the lengths he can go to. So it’ll be really interesting to see what happens when he picks up that rock. Is he planning to kill her?”
It’s been revealed that Chas will survive the attack, but later in the week Robert is seen putting in a call to a dodgy contact. He tells them that he needs someone taken care of for good, putting Chas in serious danger.
But Robert has a change of heart when Chas tells him she will keep the secret, but for the sake of her son.
In a cruel twist of fate he can’t get through to his contact, who is already tailing Chas…
Emmerdale airs Monday-Friday at 7pm, with an additional episode Thursdays at 8pm, on ITV.