EastEnders' viewers shocked as Ruby is about to CASTRATE her rapist

EastEnders' fans were left reeling following Friday night's episode after Ruby Allen attempted to get revenge on Ross Swinden by castrating him.

Ruby, played by actress Louisa Lytton, is set to go to trial to face her rapist Matt Clarkson and his co-conspirator Ross after he sexually abused her after a high school reunion. 

But taking matters into her own hands, Ruby drugged Ross before dragging him into a living room lined with black bin bags where she told him: 'There's only one thing I can do to make sure you never ever hurt a woman the way you hurt me.' 

Ruby consensually had sex with Ross after they hit it off during a night out, but during the night woke to find his friend Matt on top of her and Ross beside her doing nothing to stop the attack.

Moments before Ruby could put her plan into place, her best friend Stacey and her husband Martin Fowler burst into the room after growing concerned for her safety.

After the couple realised what was going on when they noticed a kitchen knife laid on the ground, Martin shouted: 'Ruby, you can't cut his bits off.'   

Viewers were left shocked by the scenes unfolding on screen and took to Twitter to express their bewilderment, with some suggesting that they never saw it coming.

One fan commented: 'One [sic] tonight's episode of things I never expected anyone to say on #EastEnders: 'Ruby you can't cut his bits off.' 

Another viewer echoed the same sentiment, writing: 'Ruby you can't cut his bits off!' OK not a phrase I was ever expecting to hear on this show #EastEnders.'