Furious Emmerdale fans complain to Ofcom after ‘violent and tasteless’ soap death
FURIOUS Emmerdale viewers complained to Ofcom following a ‘violent and tasteless’ soap death.
In shock scenes, which aired well before the watershed, John Sugden was seen shooting Mackenzie Boyd in the back with an arrow, after an argument.
Later, viewers saw the boot of John’s van with blood stains and a body covered by a sheet.
The episode ended with a flashback of John throwing a heavy rock down at a helpless Mackenzie.
The brutal act sparked outrage and fans rushed to complain, with one person commenting: “@ofcom complaints incoming and this time you take action.”
A second said: “Love emmerdale but this all seemed a bit much with the violence and the crossbow seemed in bad taste what with the recent real life tragedies.”
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While a third added: “Isn’t this a tad violent for early evening.”
“The writers have really crossed line bow and arrow after crossbow killings not right,” said a fourth.
A fifth added: “A bit distasteful isn’t it having a serial killer kill someone with a bow and arrow havent you got any compassion for a presenter who lost his entire family by a bow and Arrow in real life.”
It comes after the real life murder of three people by crossbow killer Kyle Clifford in July of last year.