Emmerdale viewers baffled by Lydia's identity theft as Samson confronts two thugs

Emmerdale fans have been left baffled by the latest storyline involving the identity theft of Samson Dingle's stepmum Lydia.

In last night's episode of the ITV soap, the teenager ended up in a brawl with two thugs at school, as he tried to defend her.

The evil schoolboys had been threatening Lydia after she was wrongly accused of scamming local people of their money.

Samson's stepmum recently had a brick thrown through her window by the boys following the accusations, and the teenager tried to get his own back on the thugs by confronting them at school.

He threatened the two boys with a crowbar, with them telling Samson that Lydia is a scammer.

Samson Dingle tried to protect his stepmum (ITV)

However Samson made the revelation that Lydia's identity was stolen online and that she is innocent.

"Robbing scum the lot of you," said one of the thugs.

But Samson denied it, shouting back: "Lydia’s done no wrong, she had her identity stolen online."

Later in the episode, Lydia's innocence was proved as police arrived at her house and told her that the scam had been traced outside of the UK.

He threatened two thugs at school (ITV)

At that point, fans were left confused as Samson revealed Lydia's "identity was stolen".

Viewers questioned how the police knew that information when Samson wasn't there to tell them.

One person wrote: "Quick question why didn't the school inform the police about Samson for threatening the two lads and chasing them with a crowbar which was a weapon #emmerdale."

"#emmerdale what am I missing how would Samson know that if the Police only just told Lydia while he's at school?" another shared.

Lydia proved to be innocent (ITV)

"How did Sampson know Lydia had her identity stolen she's only just found out herself, he's at School," a third added.

Fans of the soap saw Samson chase the two thugs down the hallway with a crowbar in his hand.

The youngster tried to explain that his attempt to confront the thugs was to protect Lydia.

But Sam told the teenager he had let the family down.

*Emmerdale continues tonight at 7pm on ITV.

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