Assisted Suicide in Emmerdale

Emmerdale star Lucy Pargeter has revealed that she is able to switch off from the dark times her character Chas Dingle is currently facing on screen.

Chas has spent the past few months worrying about her son Aaron Livesy's state of mind after he helped his boyfriend Jackson Walsh to die in an assisted suicide storyline.

Aaron, played by 20-year-old Danny Miller, has recently been self-harming as part of his ongoing struggle, which Chas discovers in tomorrow night's double bill when she sees injuries on his chest.

Pargeter told Loose Women of the scenes: "It's kind of the culmination of the storyline, really. It all kicked off when he first arrived with the whole coming out storyline, attempted suicide and then it was Jackson with the assisted [suicide].

"So this is the outcome of that, really. He had the trial and he was found innocent, but he couldn't necessarily be okay after that. I mean, who would be okay after that?"

Asked whether she ever finds the gritty storyline "draining" to play, the actress replied: "It's not necessarily draining for me, but Danny Miller - he has just been amazing. He's had to completely immerse himself. Me playing his mum, it's a lot easier because I'm playing it as if I don't really know a lot about it and it is a surprise for me. So I am kind of removed from it.

"So it's not too bad for me, but there's been a lot of emotional stuff over the past year, which I think has been done very sympathetically and well. And I'm very proud to be part of the show."

Emmerdale continues tonight at 7pm on ITV1.

Am I the only one who totally hated Jackson for making Aaron do what he did??? I saw it as selfish and cruel, when you consider that Jackson was fully aware of how emotionally troubled Aaron was. He must of known how much guilt and torment he was leaving Aaron with (especially as Aaron was already blaming himself for the accident), and that a poxy video of him saying everything was fine because it was what he wanted, wasn't ever going to be enough. The only person he should have asked to do it was his mum, but I believe that deep down he blamed Aaron for it and this was his way dealing with that. It was emotional blackmail at it's worst.