Corrie star 'attacked' after screen character's transgressions

'Coronation Street' star Graeme Hawley was attacked in a bar by a soap fan angry at his character’s on-screen affair with a schoolgirl, it was reported today.

Hawley, 36, was accosted in a Manchester pub by a man ranting about his character teacher John Stape’s fling with Street temptress Rosie Webster, played by 19-year-old Helen Flanagan, the Daily Mirror reported.