たった今 帰ったところ

[ruth~route]

三田さんはたった今帰ったところです。


For the above sentence, たった今 means "just now", and 帰ったところ means "just went back".

Why is it that both of them have to be used in the sentence?

Why not just 三田さんは帰ったところです ?

 

[Ashikaga]

They wanted to emphasise JUST NOW.