Emmerdale spoilers follow.
Cathy Hope has been punished for bullying April Windsor in Emmerdale.
Cathy's guilt over starting the online harassment against April finally got the better of her this week, leading her to confess to the stunned teen what she'd done.
When Rhona Goskirk later found out Cathy was behind the bullying, she was arrested for a violent confrontation where she angrily elbowed Brenda to the ground.
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Friday's (September 17) episode opened with the police arriving to Marlon and Rhona's to interview April about the bullying allegations.
April opened up about the torment of Cathy taunting her over her mother's death, but she was worried about police taking evidence from her phone over fears the bullying would intensify at school.
Rhona later tried to apologise to Brenda for the scuffle, yet didn't get very far. Brenda insisted Rhona was really to blame for the whole bullying problem, before getting a dose of her own medicine.
"I came here to hold my hands up and apologise for what I've done. Shame on you that you can't do the same," Rhona insisted.
The episode later showed Cathy being officially cautioned by police, where she admitted she targeted April because Bob was paying her so much attention following the loss of her mum.
"All you care about is April," Cathy told him. "She gets all the attention, always has done since her mum died. But our mom died too, dad! You never even talk about her… I felt jealous, dad.
"I felt so jealous because all I wanted was for someone to ask us how we felt! And it never happened."
The detective then warned her: "Words hurt, Cathy. They go deep. They can have devastating consequences on the victim."
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Meanwhile, Cathy's father Bob Hope wasn't smoothing anything over with his decision to stand by his daughter.
"This is your pathetic attempt to sort things out, is it?" Marlon angrily asked. "You take the blame, Rhona gets charged, that's it! Those horrible, nasty, vile messages, they could have cost my daughter so much. So much that I can't even go there, Bob!"
Marlon banned Bob from spending any time with April as the tense stand-off came to an end.
Emmerdale airs weeknights at 7pm on ITV, with an extra episode at 8pm on Thursdays.
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