An actor on ITV's Emmerdale is being ripped apart on social media.

Alexander Lincoln, who plays Jamie Tate, has been accused of "ruining" an ongoing storyline by fans of the Yorkshire soap.

The "spoiled" storyline involved his character drive into a lake recently. and his body was never recovered.

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Lincoln has now taken to Twitter and teased a return to set, though, reports Birmingham Live.

And fans are raging.

He wrote: “Getting back to early starts on set today.”

Chantelle replied: "So Jaime isnt dead then, shock horror"

"Guessing Jamie isn’t dead then ," said a second.

Amandeep wrote: "I've given up on soaps, the actors on socials spoil storylines too often like if they're leaving etc. What's the point if you know what's gonna happen"

Mark Dolan wrote; "So I was right ya didn't drowned"

"So u didn't die then," wrote Marc.

"I hope that's the Emmerdale set and we see you back soon" said Alban.

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