ITV Emmerdale: Real life of Meena Jutla actress Paige Sandhu - secret boyfriend, anxiety struggle, other talent and soap exit
11.04.2022 - 21:45
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She’s spent months secretly killing off the village’s residents but Meena Jutla’s time in Emmerdale appears to be nearing the end, if her murder trial goes her victims’ way.
The ITV soap's nurse turned serial killer, played by Paige Sandhu, went unsuspected up until January of this year when she was finally caught holding sister Manpreet Sharma and Vinny Dingle hostage and almost killing them in a disused barn.
Eventually, they were saved when Liam headed to find Meena but she did a runner, following a whack to the head, and hitched a lift with a trucker who was heading to Glasgow. But her absence from the village didn’t last long and she returned in February, kidnapping newlyweds Billy and Dawn Fletcher in an act of revenge after she got dumped by the groom.
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Luckily, the pair escaped unscathed and wedding planner Leyla Cavanagh made a miracle recovery after being shot by Meena as she tried to find Billy and Dawn. And just as she looked set to make another getaway, she was cornered by Liam and after goading him over killing his daughter Leanna on her 18th birthday, the doctor pushed her over the same bridge where she killed Leanna.
At a plea hearing last month, Meena pleaded guilty to her lesser crimes - in the grand schemes of things - but not guilty to the murders of Leanna, Andrea Tate, and Ben Tucker which viewers know she committed.
Now, this week in Emmerdale is all about Meena getting her comeuppance once and for all - or getting away with murder. And she’ll do anything to make sure she isn’t found guilty. But as Meena’s time in the village looks set to come to an end one way or another, we thought we’d take a look