Former Coronation Street actor Bruno Langley admits sexual assaults
Written by News on 28/11/2017
Former Coronation Street actor Bruno Langley has admitted sexually assaulting two women at a Manchester music venue.
A court heard how the 34-year-old grabbed a woman by the crotch and touched another victim on her "boobs and bum" at the Band in Wall venue on 1 October.
Karen Saffman, prosecuting, told Manchester Magistrates’ Court he touched two other women on the same night but was not charged with those alleged offences.
Langley, who was fired from his role playing Todd Grimshaw in the ITV soap following the allegations, was told he could face jail.
His family members wiped back tears when he entered his guilty pleas.
Ms Saffman said the actor was "clearly intoxicated" when he assaulted the first woman, who was returning from the venue’s cloakroom.
She said: "As she walked back towards the stairs Mr Langley grabbed her in the crotch area over her dress."
The victim said in a statement: "He grabbed me. Properly grabbed me. It was a rough grab, really right in. Lots of pressure."
Ms Saffman said the woman could "feel two or three fingers" through her dress and tights.
The prosecutor added: "She was clearly in shock. She was thinking about hitting him. She said, ‘Did you do that on purpose?’ But he did not reply."
The court heard how a male with Langley then apologised.
The victim was later approached by another woman in the toilets who had also been sexually assaulted by Langley.
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The second woman told the first victim Langley had touched her "boobs and bum".
She also told police: "He grabbed me in the crotch. Quite a lot of pressure. This lasted for a couple of seconds."
The court heard how the actor was seen approaching another woman and "grabbed her boobs and bum" before he "grabbed the vagina" of a fourth woman.
He had not been charged for these incidents but Ms Saffman said the incidents were "indicative of his behaviour" that night.
District judge Mark Hadfield requested a probation report for Tuesday before he decides whether he will sentence Langley or send him to crown court, where a longer sentence could be dished out.
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