Ofcom has rejected about 100 complaints about a recent murder scene in Emmerdale . Ex-prisoner Gerry Roberts, played by Shaun Thomas, was killed by Lachlan White (Thomas Atkinson) in a scene broadcast last month. An Ofcom spokeswoman
said complaints were dismissed because they found no graphic details were shown on screen. She said: We carefully assessed complaints that scenes involving violence were not suitable for broadcast before the watershed.
The scenes were also part of a long-running storyline, which would have been within regular viewers' expectations.
Ofcom also received 11 complaints about a male suicide storyline in Coronation Street, where Aidan Connor, played by
Shayne Ward, took his own life. The Ofcom spokeswoman said: We considered a small number of complaints about this storyline involving a character ending his life. However, neither the suicide nor the body were shown.
We also took into account that clear warnings were provided at the start of the programme, and that ITV worked closely with the Samaritans when creating the storyline.
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