Mark Malone

DI Mark Malone was a bent police officer, former colleague of Harriet Finch and boss of the criminal gang Will Taylor worked for before going to prison.
Malone was sent to Emmerdale in March 2020, to investigate the shooting of Nate Robinson. His father Cain Dingle was the real gunman, but the shooting was an accident. Malone and PC Swirling informed Cain and his wife Moira Dingle that the gun had been traced back to a gang-related incident where three men were killed. They soon found connections to Will and when Malone paid him a visit it was revealed that the gun belonged to Malone and he now started blackmailing Will into working for him again. Cain found out and stood up to Malone which he didn't take kindly to and therefore threatened him and Holey Scrap worker Billy Fletcher into working for him as well. He forced Billy and Cain to get rid of a car for him but when they found the blood-covered 4x4, Cain decides to secretly keep it as leverage. Malone wanted to send the three of them on more jobs but Will decided to go alone, wanting to keep Billy and Cain out of it.
In April 2020, Billy tells Will about the car and he torches the car and dumps it in a field, infuriating Cain. Malone then gets Billy arrested on the suspicion of assault after he talks back to him. Malone makes it clear that he has the police force in his pocket and that unless Billy agrees to do what he says he can get him sent down for years on the made-up assault. Cain, Will and Billy are forced to agree to do one last job for him in order to keep Billy out of prison and protect their families.
In August 2020, Malone threatened Will's daughter, Dawn, attempting to convince her to take a fatal overdose. Harriet Finch interrupted and knocked out Malone with an ornament, to which Dawn and Harriet thought had killed him. However, Malone woke up and made his anger clear. He attempted to attack Dawn and Harriet but Dawn shot him three times with the gun he threatened her with, killing him.
Mark Malone was credited as "DI Malone" despite his first name being given in dialogue in Episode 8786 (6th May 2020).
==List of appearances==
Please note: A 'v' denotes a voice appearance only.
===2020===
*Thu 5th Mar (1)
*Thu 5th Mar (2)
*Fri 6th Mar
*Mon 9th Mar
*Wed 11th Mar
*Thu 12th Mar (2)
*Thu 19th Mar (1)
*Thu 19th Mar (2)
*Fri 27th Mar
*Mon 30th Mar
*Wed 1st Apr	
*Fri 3rd Apr
*Mon 6th Apr
*Wed 8th Apr
*Wed 29th Apr
*Fri 1st May
*Mon 4th May
*Wed 6th May
*Fri 8th May
*Mon 11th May
*Fri 15th May
*Mon 18th May	
*Wed 20th May
*Fri 22nd May
*Mon 29th Jun
*Wed 1st Jul
*Fri 3rd Jul
*Mon 6th Jul
*Wed 8th Jul
*Mon 13th Jul
*Wed 22nd Jul
*Fri 24th Jul
*Mon 27th Jul	
*Wed 29th Jul
*Fri 31st Jul
*Mon 3rd Aug
*Mon 10th Aug
*Wed 12th Aug
*Fri 14th Aug
*Mon 17th Aug
*Wed 19th Aug
*Fri 21st Aug (v) (u)
Category:Emmerdale characters
Category:2020 minor characters
Category:Detectives
Category:2020 deaths