A former TV soap actor has been sentenced to eight-and-a-half years’ imprisonment after masterminding a £13.6 million fraud that conned would-be models, National Trading Standards (NTS) said.

Where The Heart Is star Philip ... The actor - who played Des Barnes in Corrie - was filming a new series of Silent Witness with Amanda Burton when his partner went into labour. Middlemiss ...

A former Brookside actor who masterminded a £13.6million fraud operation that conned thousands of would-be models has been jailed. Philip Foster, 49, who played Christian Wright in the Liverpool ...

Philip Foster, 49, previously known for his role in Brookside, led a fraudulent scheme through a network of bogus modelling agencies, preying on the ambitions of young models and their families for ...