Emmerdale confirms who saves Ruby from jail in early ITVX release – and its the most unexpected character

Ruby Miligan was very close to having her future destroyed (Picture: ITV)

The following article contains spoilers from an episode of Emmerdale that hasn’t aired on ITV1 yet, but can be viewed on ITVX.

Ruby Miligan (Beth Cordingly) took a massive risk in Monday’s episode of Emmerdale by confessing to murdering her father Anthony Fox.

Last week, Ruby, Caleb Miligan (William Ash), Chas Dingle (Lucy Pargeter) and Cain Dingle (Jeff Hordley) got word that a body had been found in the lake.

Believing that it wouldn’t be long until the police discovered the truth, Ruby decided to confess to the crime, therefore saving Caleb, Chas, Cain, John (Oliver Farnworth) and Aaron (Danny Miller) from questioning in the process.

Joe wanted to help, surprisingly (Picture: ITV)

Ruby told the detective that she argued with her father by the lake, but he hit his head and died. After learning about Ruby being sexually abused by Anthony, the officer in charge knew there was motive, but it wasn’t an entirely convincing story for her.

The detective wondered if Ruby had help with disposing of Anthony’s body in the lake, but she denied it. Ruby continuously pushed that she killed her dad and yet, she wasn’t being completely believed.

The game completely changed for Ruby when the officer learnt the body in the lake wasn’t Anthony at all. As a break began, Ruby’s solicitor suggested that she focuses on the narrative of making the statement through delusion, in the hope the police wouldn’t take her seriously and release her.

Everything is going to change for Tracy (Picture: ITV)

Meanwhile, back in the village, Joe Tate (Ned Porteous) had witnessed Steph (Georgia Jay) having a panic attack over the stress of her mum being questioned. In an unexpected twist, Joe wanted to help Steph, but we certainly didn’t think he’d be the one to save Ruby.

Ruby was sent home after the police learnt that Anthony had turned up in Spain. It became apparent that Joe had asked a contact overseas to pretend to be the man, therefore eradicating even the smallest possibility of the police investigating his death.

It was a relief for Caleb, who ended up shaking Joe’s hand as a thank you.

The family believed by the end of the episode that they could finally be happy, now the stress of Anthony’s demise was over.

But that is far from the case.

At the end of the instalment, the police officer was at Tracy’s (Amy Walsh) front door, ready to confirm that the dead body is actually Nate Robinson’s.