Actor to face child sex charges (From Burnham and Highbridge Weekly News)
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Actor to face child sex charges
3:35am Saturday 1st December 2012 in National Entertainment News © Press Association 2013
Former Coronation Street actor Andrew Lancel has been charged with historic child sex offences
Former Coronation Street actor Andrew Lancel has been charged with historic child sex offences, police have said.
The 42-year-old, charged on Friday under his real name Andrew Watkinson, will appear in court later this month to face five counts of indecent assault on a child under 16, Merseyside Police said.
The actor, from Gateacre in Liverpool, is best known for his appearance as Frank Foster in the ITV soap Coronation Street.
He has been bailed to appear at South Sefton Magistrates' Court on Wednesday, December 19.
Merseyside Police said Watkinson has been charged under the Sexual Offences Act 2003.
