Kim Tate makes chilling discovery as she’s robbed in Emmerdale – and she issues deadly ultimatum

MARRIAGE TO FRANK TATE

Kim has been married three times in the soap, but her first, volatile pairing was with Frank Tate (Norman Bowler)

They were an on-screen partnership for almost a decade - including divorcing and remarrying.

However, Frank ultimately suffered a fatal heart attack, brought on by Kim's return to the village after being presumed dead.

During the marriage, Kim had affairs with Neil Kincaid (Brian Deacon) and Dave Glover (Ian Kelsey).

FAKING HER OWN DEATH

Kim disappeared from the village in February 1997. A few days later, Frank identified a woman found dead at the wheel of her car as Kim.

However, everyone was in for a shock after Kim revealed she was still alive - and the full extent of her plan.

While she'd fled to the Caribbean, Kim had  paid a lookalike prostitute to drive her car around the village to fool people into thinking she was still there. It was, in fact, her body that Frank previously identified.

JAMES' KIDNAPPING

Kim's business partnership with Lord Alex Oakwell (Rupam Maxwell), resulted in the death of Linda Fowler (Tonicha Jeronimo), in a car crash.

As an act of revenge, Linda's mother Jan (Roberta Kerr) kidnapped Kim's son James.

DEPARTURE

After a decade of causing chaos, Kim left Emmerdale in 1999 as she fled in a helicopter with her son James and  £190,000 of Chris Tate's money.

LATER MARRIAGES

Upon Kim's return in 2018, she was first revealed to be married to Graham Foster (Andrew Scarborough).

However, he was later killed off in a whodunnit storyline.

She later pursued a relationship with her employee Will Taylor (Dean Andrews), marrying him in 2022.