ITV viewers were left in complete "distress" after a recent storyline with April Windsor left horrified viewers reaching for the remote as they threatened to switch channels

Emmerdale has been slammed by viewers who were left deeply disturbed by a recent storyline with April Windsor. ‌

The plot focusses on April, played by Amelia Flanagan, a young girl who nearly sold herself to an older man in a desperate attempt to settle her drug dealing debts. Celia Anderson, played by Jaye Griffiths, and Ray Walters, played by Joe Absolom, have led April down a terrifyingly dark path, but fans are hoping her father Marlon Dingle (Mark Charnock) can rescue his daughter. ‌

"With April at the mercy of the ruthless drug dealers, we hope that her ever-concerned father Marlon can reach out to her,"

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