'EastEnders' star wins libel damages

Actor Steve McFadden – best known for playing Phil Mitchell in 'EastEnders' – today accepted undisclosed libel damages in the High Court after a tabloid newspaper suggested that he may have been guilty of harassing a former girlfriend.

Lawyers told a judge that McFadden sued after the News of the World reported his arrest in relation to “alleged harassment to cause violence” in a November 2010 article headed: “Nicked! Exclusive: Cops Arrest Enders Star.”