The jury in the trial of Coronation Street’s Michael Le Vell was told it must decide if the alleged victim is telling the truth or set out to “quite literally destroy the life” of the actor.

The jury in the trial of Coronation Street’s Michael Le Vell was told today it must decide if the alleged victim is telling the truth or set out to “quite literally destroy the life” of the actor.

The “courage” of the alleged sex abuse victim of Coronation Street actor Michael Le Vell must be marked by guilty verdicts if she was telling the truth, jurors were told today.

Alcoholic Coronation Street actor Michael Le Vell told a jury that he had never got so drunk that he raped a young girl

Alcoholic Coronation Street star Michael Le Vell told a jury today that he had never got so drunk that he raped a young girl.

Coronation Street star Michael Le Vell has told a jury that his “little dark secrets” are a string of one-night stands and not the sexual abuse of a young girl.

Coronation Street star Michael Le Vell admitted that he was an alcoholic and has had a string of affairs during his marriage.

'Coronation Street ' star Michael Le Vell choked back tears to tell a jury he is “fighting for his life” as he denied a string of child sex allegations.

Coronation Street actor Michael Le Vell told police “my legs went to jelly” after he was accused of child sex abuse.

A doctor who examined the girl allegedly raped by Coronation Street star Michael Le Vell agreed her findings did not prove sex abuse had taken place.

A doctor who examined the girl allegedly raped by Coronation Street star Michael Le Vell agreed her findings did not prove child sex abuse had taken place.

The mother of a girl who claims Coronation Street star Michael Le Vell raped her broke down in tears as she described the moment her daughter told her about the alleged abuse, a court heard.

A girl who claims Coronation Street star Michael Le Vell raped her as she clutched a teddy bear has broken down in tears in the witness box as she told of the abuse.

Coronation Street star Michael Le Vell raped a young girl as she clutched a teddy bear, a court has been told.

Coronation Street actor Michael Le Vell denied a series of child sex offences when he appeared in court today.

Coronation Street actor Michael Le Vell will stand trial in September after being accused of child sex offences.

Coronation Street actor Michael Le Vell will stand trial in September after being accused of child sex offences.

A PAEDOPHILE babysitter who gained the trust of a mother by using a picture of himself with Tony and Cherie Blair was jailed yesterday for 15 years.