Emmerdale killer John Sugden could be about to strike again amid top secret plot

There's hints another death could loom on at the hands of killer John Sugden.

Next week he eyes up his next prey, leading to a pursuit in the woods. According to spoilers, John's feud with his fiancé Aaron Dingle's best man Mackenzie Boyd takes a dangerous turn.

As Mack tries to sabotage his enemy during the stag do paintballing, a battle commences and John is distracted when he spits Mack sneaking off. The spoilers read that John "heads off in pursuit of his prey", but will he catch up with Mack and what does he have planned?

Fans have been fearing that Mack will be John's next victim, with Mack actor Lawrence Robb even telling the his own fears about his soap fate at the hands of the secret killer.

Lawrence told us that if John was to turn serial killer then Mack would definitely be a goner. Given there's a storyline coming up for Mack and Aaron, said to be "life-changing", could this be the moment John takes action, and might next week's spoilers foreshadow what's ahead?

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Soap boss Laura Shaw recently told The Mirror that John's secrets, including what happened to Aidan Moore and the death of Nate Robinson, were very close to finally coming to light. But will John kill Mackenzie before anyone learns the truth?

Laura teased: "There's a wedding coming up, and that is Aaron and John. I've just signed off those episodes and they are very brilliant and very exciting.

"John is full of trepidation heading into the wedding, worrying about what secrets might get exposed along the way. The wedding plays out across a whole week but as one day. We've got stylistic fun in there with some of John's nightmares.

"We see potential things that might happen. We've also got Aidan in a coma and I can tell you he's absolutely not gonna be in that coma forever.

"So is he gonna wake up? If he does, what secrets can he come back with? Is he gonna walk in and spoil the wedding?" On the Nate body twist she added: "We know Nate's body is still in that lake and again, I can reveal that Nate is not gonna stay in that lake forever.

"So when John finds out the lake is being dredged and he knows the body is gonna come up, will he make it to his vows? Is he gonna be arrested?

"It's all going on and it's gonna be good, with Nate and Aidan both threatening to ruin the day for John and putting everything with Aaron at risk, what lengths is John gonna be pushed to to avoid that happening?" On the top secret storyline involving Mack and Aaron, she went on: "We've got big stuff coming up for Aaron and Mackenzie towards the end of summer into autumn.

"We've got a big week of episodes planned for then. It's gonna be life changing for those two. We've still got that flashforward from , we've not forgotten about it. Might that happen there? We shall see.

"We are actually in the process of building a new set for that week and I've read the first drafts of the scripts and I have to say it's some of the most exciting and gripping episodes that I've read in a long time. I can't wait to see what happens with that."

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