Stephen Tompkinson allegedly beat a father so severely he was left with a double skull fracture.
Stephen Tompkinson allegedly beat a father so severely he was left with a double skull fracture
The ‘DCI Banks’ and ‘Brassed Off’ actor, 56, is facing a crown court trial accused of inflicting grievous bodily harm, it was revealed on Friday night. (19.08.22)
He was charged following an alleged late-night fight, said to have happened outside a house where he was living in Whitley Bay, North Tyneside.
The Sun first revealed the case on Friday, and said Tompkinson denies the charge.
He is on a grievous bodily harm charge so serious he faces a maximum five-year sentence if convicted.
His alleged victim is said to have been left with a double skull fracture and lost the ability to work.
Prosecutors claim Tompkinson “unlawfully and maliciously inflicted grievous bodily harm”.
He appeared before North Tyneside magistrates’ court earlier this month where he pleaded not guilty.
It is understood the alleged victim can recall hardly anything about the incident.
Tomkinson’s TV credits also include ‘Wild at Heart’ and ‘Ballykissangel’, with the actor critically acclaimed for his portrayal of a broke family man miner in ‘Brassed Off’.
He first found fame as rogue reporter Damien Day in 1990s comedy ‘Drop the Dead Donkey’, for which he won the 1994 British Comedy Award for best TV actor.
Tompkinson went on to became a household name as Father Peter Clifford in Ballykissangel in 1996, the same year ‘Brassed Off’ became a cinema smash.
He is next due to star in ITV drama ‘The Long Shadow’, about Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe.
When asked to comment on the court case at his seafront flat in Tynemouth, North Tyneside, The Sun said the twice-divorced actor and dad-of-one, who has been with his partner Jess Johnson, 41, since 2017, responded: “No thank you.”
A spokesman for the Crown Prosecution Service confirmed the actor appeared before magistrates on Wednesday, August 10, and faced a “single charge of inflicting grievous bodily harm”.
They added he will next appear at Newcastle crown court on Wednesday, September 7.