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Emmerdale viewers have voiced their anger after fan favourite Olivia Flaherty (played by Isobel Steele) was brutally beaten up in Monday's episode.
The 19-year-old character, who has been wrongly imprisoned for the murder of Ben Tucker (Simon Lennon) instead of Meena Jutla (Paige Sandhu), was graphically battered by a fellow inmate.
After a close-up shot of her bloodied and bruised face was aired before the watershed, disturbed audiences vowed to ditch the soap in a slew of furious tweets.
'I've complained to Ofcom!' Furious Emmerdale viewers have vowed to ditch the ITV soap after Olivia Flaherty, 19, was graphically beaten up by prison inmate in 'sickening' scenes from Monday's episode (pictured in-character)
One wrote began: 'Sorry @emmerdale I'm done!
'I've been an avid viewer for many years, but this ridiculous Meena storyline with more holes than swiss cheese, and now this to Liv at 7:25pm is this final straw for me. I've complained to Ofcom, and I'm voting with my remote, so long!'
A second added: 'There was absolutely no need for this, sorry but it's bad enough at anytime on TV but this is
