‘Coronation Street’ star Matthew Davidge has been arrested and sentenced to 15 months in prison. Charges are explained as follows: According to the most recent reports, Matthew Davidge, a former Bolton FM DJ and Coronation Street extra, has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for fraud. While appearing before the judges at Mold Crown Court in North Wales, the 47-year-old radio personality guilty to 11 counts of fraud and possession of goods in connection with fraud. “To explain to you as a conman would be an accurate term,” Judge Niclas Parry told the former star during the hearing. At that stage, he was already serving a suspended sentence for another act of fraud that had occurred while he was stationed in Blackpool at the time.
Matthew Davidge has been arrested
As reported by the court, the Disk Jockey was dating a woman in North Wale at the time of the incident and began applying for loans in her name as well as the identity of her former boyfriend. According to the results of a police investigation, he had submitted a total of eight loan applications totaling £8,000 in value. He obtained a credit card in his own name and spent approximately £500 on it after applying for one in another’s name.
Matthew Davidge (Coronation Street star ) Arrested
Prosecutor Frances Willmott described how the woman he was dating, Sharon Farmington, discovered a USB drive in her computer and reported it to authorities. It contained specifics as well as a change in the computer’s default password. Davidge was ordered to leave her home after an altercation with her family. He went to the hotel and remained there under a fictitious name, amassing a large bill. He also has previous deception convictions from the years 2007 and 2010, as well as a benefit fraud conviction from Blackpool magistrates that was suspended for a year.
Why did Matthew Davidge jailed?
According to the prosecutor, there is evidence that he asked for loans in the amount of £8,000. His guilty plea was the most effective kind of mitigation. His infractions dated all the way back to the year 2012. “He regrets the charges,” Maria Massellis, the defendant’s attorney, said, adding that he has not committed any fraudulent offences since 2012 and that he was now in a solid relationship with a new partner.
“My client has made it clear that he has no intention of engaging in any additional illegal action,” Massellis said. In addition to the 15-month sentence, Davidge received an additional month after admitting to a bail violation when he left court on an earlier occasion. It comes after it was revealed that he was sacked from his role as a Coronation Street extra because he took a self-portrait with Andi Peters while on the set of the popular serial. The news site reported that he “nipped to the loo” while filming on Friday when he saw Andi and decided to ask him to pose for a socially distanced shot with the camera.