Emmerdale fans disgusted as 'pushover' Bob fails to punish Cathy for bullying April

Emmerdale viewers were not impressed on Friday evening as everyone finally discovered that Cathy Hope is the person who has been trolling April Windsor.

Cathy (Gabrielle Dowling) has been bullying her niece for weeks online, but she finally came clean and was forced to go to the police station to answer some questions about her behaviour.

Accompanied by her dad Bob, Cathy explained why she had done it and said she felt that April (Amelia Flanagan) got all the sympathy for her mother Donna's death - despite her being Cathy's sister too.

"Donna was our sister too, not just April's mum," Cathy told him. "All you ever care about is April. We didn't even get a memory box like she did, it's just like it never even happened."

Emmerdale viewers were not impressed with Bob Hope after tuning into Friday's episode (ITV)

Bob (Tony Audenshaw) looked devastated as he realised he had a big part to play in Cathy's behaviour and her feeling neglected, but he failed to punish his teenage daughter.

Emmerdale fans tuning in at home were not impressed at all, and felt that Cathy should have been reprimanded for her terrible actions.

"Bob is too bloody soft #Emmerdale," one person wrote, while another tweeted: "WTH, the police let her get away with everything and THEN Bob did nothing. I would've been grounded forever #emmerdale.

Cathy has been bullying April for weeks and finally came clean about her behaviour (ITV)

A third person added: "Bob is a push over.. he’s swallowed Cathys pity story saying Bob not grieving for her mum #emmerdale."

And a fourth tweeted: "How can Bob agree with what Cathy is doing when she's the one calling his other dead daughter all sorts of names #Emmerdale."

Towards the end of Friday's episode, Bob came face-to-face with April's father Marlon about the situation - but that didn't end well either.

"I will do whatever I can to put it right and to make it up to you and April... so will Cathy," Bob told him.

Marlon was left fuming and told Bob to stay away from his family including April (ITV)

Marlon then asked: "What about Brenda?" as Bob added: "Brenda's furious about what it's done to Cathy."

But this left Marlon fuming as he shouted: "Just Cathy? Wow, so this is your pathetic attempt at sorting things out is it? Is it?

"You take the blame, Rhona gets charged, that's it! Those horrible, nasty, vile messages, they could have cost my daughter so much.

"You're not spending any more time with April! Stay away from my family Bob, I mean it!" he screamed.

Of course, Bob looked devastated as he contemplated life without seeing his granddaughter.

*Emmerdale airs on weekdays at 7pm on ITV with previous episodes available on ITV Hub.