British actor Stephen Tompkinson, most well-known for his roles in Ballykissangel DCI BanksThe defendant has been charged for grievous bodily harm (GBH). She will stand trial before an English crown judge.
Tompkinson was accused of inflicting injury on another man, beating him, and leaving him with a two-skull fracture in an altercation that occurred in May 2021. The Times reports. The actor appeared in North Tyneside magistrates’ court earlier this month where he denied the charge against him, and the case has now been referred to the higher crown court, where he will be represented by a barrister next month.
Tompkinson has been one of the UK’s most successful TV actors for decades, after getting his big break in early 1990s comedy Drop the Dead DonkeyHe won the British Comedy Award in 1994 for best TV actor.
He appeared in the film. Brassed OffYou can also find hit TV series here Ballykissangel Wild at Heart.
He played the role of Detective Chief in five seasons, from 2010 to 2016. DCI Banks. He is set to appear in ITV dramas later in the year. The Long Shadow about the Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe – who murdered sex workers in the north of England in a killing spree in the late 1970s, and sparked one of UK’s biggest ever man-hunts until he was finally caught and convicted in 1981.