Emmerdale spoilers: Sam Dingle knocks Pollard UNCONSCIOUS

Pollard and Sam Dingle arguing in the street, causing Pollard to fall.
Pollard gives chase when he catches Sam Dingle stealing from David's shop… (Image credit: ITV)

Emmerdale's Sam Dingle could go to prison for this in Thursday's episode (ITV, 7.30pm see our TV Guide for full listings).

Sam Dingle is skint and feels terrible that he's not able to do more to help Amelia raise his baby granddaughter Esther.

With Amelia's dad Dan also broke, Sam asks Cain if he can give the mechanic a pay rise. Cain refuses but urges Sam to think more like a Dingle and get creative about making money.

Given food for thought, Sam decides he's going to steal some baby stuff from David's shop. But as he's making off with a bunch of stuff, Pollard sees him and gives chase!

Pollard

Desperate granddad Sam steals baby stuff from David's shop but is spotted by Pollard… (Image credit: ITV)

Pollard

… Pollard falls and is knocked unconscious much to Sam's horror… (Image credit: ITV)

The situation is bad enough as it is but when Pollard then falls and knocks himself unconscious in the process, Sam looks on in horror… 

Will there be consequences for the desperate Dingle?

Meanwhile, Samson, Sam's son, is also up to no good.

Noah realises he was right to be suspicious of his cousin who manipulates Noah into coughing up £2K of his trust fund to keep Samson away from Amelia and Esther.

Will Amelia find out? And will Samson end up wanting more money from Noah?

Bob tries to talk to Wendy who isn't in the mood. 

Believing he's having an affair with Bernice, she refuses to open the door of her cottage to Bob and instead opens an upstairs window and dumps a bucket of cold water over her boyfriend!

Bob

Wendy refuses to open the door to her baffled boyfriend Bob… (Image credit: ITV)

Bob

… he's stunned when she accuses him of having an affair with Bernice… (Image credit: ITV)

Bob

… earning him a soaking from angry Wendy! (Image credit: ITV)

Bernice thinks it's hilarious when a soaking-wet Bob turns up for work at the B&B. But the smile drops from her face when she learns why Wendy's drenched him…

At Home Farm, Gabby realises that Nicky doesn't want to blur the lines between the personal and the professional. But he's totally unimpressed when she 'temporarily' fires him so they can get passionate and in a huff, he quits!

Gabby

Gabby fires Nicky hoping they can get passionate but he's fuming and quits instead! (Image credit: ITV)

Emmerdale continues weeknights from 7.30pm on ITV see our TV Guide for full listings.

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