Samson Dingle stabbed and left bleeding out in Emmerdale

SAMSON Dingle suffers from a fatal injury next week in Emmerdale.

Lydia Dingle – played by Karen Blick on the ITV soap – is worried about Samson’s (Sam Hall) plans to head around Europe by car with his new friend Josh.

She secretly hopes he will fail his test and the second hand car Sam (James Hooton) has given him will not be road worthy.

But soon Samson’s chuffed when Cain (Jeff Hordley) gives his motor a seal of approval.

When Samson rolls up without ‘L’ plates and Josh announces Samson passed his driving test, Samson is miffed by Lydia’s perfunctory congratulations.

Celebrating in the HOP Josh is unsubtly interested in newly-married Amy.

Feeling slightly dismissed by Sarah, Josh hits on Amy again – and it’s clear that he knows that Matty (Ash Palmisciano) is trans.

Struggling to cope with Josh’s endless flirting, Amy leaves work early.

When Matty gives Josh some home truths about his behaviour and tells Josh and Samson to leave the premises and Josh is left fuming and embarrassed.

Josh’s ire grows when Matty gets the upper hand on him again, Outside HOP, Josh starts dead-naming Matty and heads back inside to teach him a lesson, Samson follows despite his misgivings.

The situation between Josh and Matty grows increasingly hostile for Matty, until Josh starts threatening him to give up the money in the till.

The stand-off escalates and Josh shoves Samson into Matty, causing him to be stabbed by the knife that Matty was holding.

With Samson bleeding out and Josh standing back accusing Matty for coming at them with the knife, Matty is stunned to realise the narrative has been turned and panics about what the consequences might be for him.

Emmerdale airs on ITV1 and is available on ITVX.