Emmerdale paedo Maya Stepney set to return as its revealed shes already been released from jail

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EMMERDALE fans were shocked as it was revealed paedo teacher Maya Stepney is out of jail and making a possible return to the soap.

There was widespread fury tonight as it was revealed the reviled character, played by Louisa Clein, has been released from prison after abusing Jacob Gallagher.

Paedo teacher Maya is out of jail – but is she heading back to our screens?

Maya caused a scandal on the soap in one of its most controversial storylines ever as she groomed and sexually abused Jacob Gallagher for almost a year.

She was sentenced to a year behind bars but ended up serving just five months – leaving David Metcalfe and many viewers wracked with worry.

One raged: “Maya better not come near Jacob – only just getting Jacob back to normal again.”

Another fumed: “How is maya being released out of prison tomorrow?? She groomed,manipulated and slept with a child . Makes me so angry and upset … this is why nobody hardly speaks up about abuse etc because we never get the justice that we deserve!”

The twisted teacher was carrying on an affair with pupil Jacob Gallagher

She was also in a relationship with his adopted dad David Metcalfe

One other even speculated that she could return to the Dales with a baby on the way, tweeting: “Maya is probably a couple of months pregnant with Jacobs kid, or Davids?!”

Another agreed: “I was always hoping for a pregnancy storyline and wondering who the dad is between Jacob & David.”

However, the news she was out of jail wasn’t universally condemned – with one follower insisting it would give the soap an exciting new plot.

They wrote: “Obviously ethically Im opposed to this but Emmerdales been so boring lately that maybe she can spice things up .”

She groomed Jacob Gallagher for almost a year on Emmerdale

Maya was sentenced in June but is now a free woman again

Mondays episode of Emmerdale saw David and Leyla agonising over whether to tell Jacob that Maya has been released.

In the end they do give him the bombshell news but he later disappears, with the pair terrified that she’s gone to meet his former teacher.

However, Emmerdale insist there are presently no plans for Maya to return to the soap.