Messages won't stay in trash go back into inbox?

Hi! I am having problems deleting emails. I put them into the trash and when I look they are not there and then appear back in the inbox. I have tried all the usual tricks to get it to work but it won't . I suspect it is one particular email that I don't want to open and I keep getting the spinning ball when I try to delete it and the whole thing jams . I then have to force quit email to get out of it.

Thanks for your help. I did wonder if I should try that. I actually got my husband to delete the email causing the problem from the iPad and clear out other ones for me and that seems to have done the job.
I have also done as you suggested and hopefully it won't happen again. I have in the meantime asked my cousin not to forward these emails to me !!

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