A former 'Coronation Street' actor will be found not guilty of a third of the child sex charges against him after a judge ruled on his case today.

A former Coronation Street actor “used his status” to “flatter and gain the trust” of a 14-year-old boy whom he went on to indecently assault on a number of occasions, a court heard today.

A WOMAN accused of murdering her two children in a Spanish hotel room yesterday choked back tears as she told a court she tried to “protect” her children from social services.