EMMERDALE has aired a shock exit for villain Dr Crowley as his plot for Kim Tate took an unexpected twist.

The doctor – who is played by actor James Hillier in the ITV soap – has been driven out of the village after trying to blackmail Joe into helping him steal money from millionaire Kim.

He planned to have Joe drug her, and then transfer the money from her accounts to his before fleeing – but Kim had other ideas.

However as Crowley thought he had the upper hand with a paralysed Kim forced to tell him her bank details, he really had no idea who he was dealing with.

As he leaned in to try and hear what she was saying more clearly, Kim stabbed him with his own needle and revealed her own plan.

While Joe had before been trying to find a way out of it – he did and realised that he could just tell Kim the truth and ignore Crowley’s blackmail.

He filled her in and she did what she did best and took matters into her own hands.

With Shaun already well-aware of just how dangerous Kim could be, she made him realise that he should be on her side.

And when he got Crowley into Home Farm, it was all at Kim’s behest.

Drugged on the bed, Kim interrogated Crowley before giving him a chilling warning.

She told him: “If you even try to mess with us again, they’ll never find your body. Nothing personal, it’s purely business.”

Later, still shaken, Kim took Joe to task after he ensured Crowley and Shaun was out of their lives for good.

“Kim I am so sorry,” he told her.

“He drugged me, I was terrified. I’ve never been so helpless in my life. I would never have let him hurt you.”

But Kim told him: “I’m sorry Joe but I’m struggling to believe a single word you say anymore.”