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 ...

ITV has severed ties with Martin Fustes, a writer on long-running soap opera Emmerdale, after he admitted to charges of attacking his girlfriend. The UK commercial broadcaster said it was ...

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 ...

ITV has pulled Emmerdale from BAFTA consideration after writer Martin Fustes admitted to assaulting his girlfriend.

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

The beloved ITV soap was hoping to win the title at the ceremony in May, as well as the Continuing Drama award. However, bosses at the channel have now withdrawn the nomination after writer ...

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 Emmerdale has withdrawn its entry for the Best Soap award at this year's BAFTA TV awards after writer Martin Fustes was convicted of domestic ...

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 ...

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 ...

Long-running British daytime drama “Emmerdale” will no longer be competing in the soap category at the upcoming BAFTA TV Awards after one of its former writers admitted to assaulting his partner.

A statement read: "We were shocked and appalled to learn about the recent court case involving Emmerdale writer, Martin Fustes. Mr Fustes is a freelance writer and he has been informed that he ...