Former ‘Coronation Street’ actor pleads guilty to sexual assault

Bruno Langley who played Todd Grimshaw groped two women in Manchester

Actor Bruno Langley arrives at Manchester Magistrates Court where he pleaded guilty to two counts of  sexual assault. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images
Actor Bruno Langley arrives at Manchester Magistrates Court where he pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual assault. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Former Coronation Street star Bruno Langley has pleaded guilty to sexually assualting two women in a Manchester music venue in October.

Langley (34) was drunk and in the Band on the Wall music venue in Manchester in the early hours of October 1st when he touched the two women, Manchester Magistrates’ Court was told.

He also sexually touched two other women on the same night, but was not charged with offences concerning those women, Karen Saffman, prosecuting, told the court.

Langley was told he could face a possible jail sentence.

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The actor left the ITV soap in the wake of the allegations after playing Todd Grimshaw for more than a decade, the soap's first openly gay character.

District judge Mark Hadfield asked for a probation report to be prepared on Tuesday before he decides whether he will sentence Langley or whether the case needs to be sent to Manchester Crown Court where the defendant could face a longer sentence. – PA