Zoe burning for Noah

Schizophrenic vet Zoe Tate will plunge to the depths of her disorder in upcoming episodes of Emmerdale, kidnapping her nephew and torching her house.

11:42 29 July 2004

Schizophrenic vet Zoe Tate will plunge to the depths of her disorder in upcoming episodes of Emmerdale, kidnapping her nephew and torching her house.

After gold-digging sister-in-law Charity, played by Emma Atkins, is released from prison Zoe is forced to return Noah, the son of her dead brother, to his natural mother.

This proves the final straw that pushes the unstable lesbian vet into booze filled depression.

As a result Zoe, played by Leah Bracknell, grabs baby Noah from Charity's arms.

The vet then goes to ground in Home Farm, determined never to let the baby out of her sight.

But things go from bad to worse when police arrive - and fans of the soap will be wondering if she or Noah survive after she sets fire to the house.

"Zoe's schizophrenia storyline has been very powerful in the past and the burning of her house will show how poorly she is," a soap insider told the Daily Star today.

Two years ago Zoe burned the church down while voices chanted in her head.

"She doesn't want to hurt Noah but doesn't know what she's doing," the Star's source explained