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 ...

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

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 ...

However, bosses at the channel have now withdrawn the nomination after writer Martin Fustes pleaded guilty to assaulting his girlfriend. According to The Sun, ITV felt it was inappropriate to be ...

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 Emmerdale has withdrawn its entry for the Best Soap award at this year's BAFTA TV awards after writer Martin Fustes was convicted of domestic ...

Vile Martin Fustes, 47, spat in her face and placed his hands over her mouth and nose to stop her breathing. He also told her he wanted her to be hung from a tree and set alight, a court heard.

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 ...

Emmerdale has withdrawn its entry for the Best Soap award after writer Martin Fustes was found guilty of domestic abuse. In January, soap writer Fustes, 47, admitted to assaulting his partner ...

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 ...