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Emmerdale has answered a big question about Zak Dingle in the wake of Caleb's hospitalisation.

The patriarch of the Dingles attracted some theories about possible involvement in the attack on Caleb, when it was revealed that he was definitely hiding something from Chas.

Tuesday's (June 20) episode centred around doctors deciding whether it was time to take Caleb off his sedation while police were keen to speak with both Cain and Mack about the attack.

Over at the hospital, Charity was stunned by the police treating Mack "like a suspect". When Chas asked why her relative would even care about Mack, Charity pointed out that she doesn't want someone innocent "going down for murder".

"We don't even know that he is [innocent]," Chas hit back.

Chas put blame on Charity, telling her that if Mack is guilty, then Charity is equally to blame for sleeping with Caleb behind his back.

"Oh, so by the same token, you killed Al," Charity pointed out.

Nicky turned up for a frosty reunion with his relatives, revealing he'd been staying with his mysterious mum since Caleb's evil plot against Kim Tate was exposed. Chas and Charity promised they'd stand by Nicky since he's "family now".

Back at the Dingle farm, Cain broke the news to Zak that police had held Mack at the station for 18 hours. Chas soon returned to accuse Cain of letting Mack "take the rap" for something he'd done.

"I've told you, it wasn't me," Cain insisted.

Chas then questioned why Zak and Cain were constantly having "secret little chats", and although Zak tried to deflect, he admitted Caine was walking Monty for him at the time of the attack. Zak explained that he'd been having mobility issues and thus can no longer walk his dog, therefore Cain has kindly agreed to lend a hand.

"I can't get about like I used to, can I?" Zak told her.

Cain had agreed to keep the struggles secret after finding Zak on the floor one day, as Zak was worried that the rest of the family would overreact if they knew.

"I feel a prize idiot, now," Chas admitted.

As viewers have no doubt seen by now, the climactic final moments of the episode featured Nicky weeping at his father's bedside, confessing that he thought he'd "killed" his father when he pushed Caleb in the forest. Will Mack still go down for the crime?