Coronation Street star Eric Potts admits making indecent images of children

Eric Potts played Coronation Street’s baker Diggory Compton (Picture: ITV/Shutterstock)

Soap star Eric Potts has admitted to producing indecent images of children in court.

The Scottish actor is best known for playing Diggory Compton, the baker in Coronation Street.

He appeared 50 times on the famous cobbles as ‘larger-than-life’ Diggory Compton known for his broad Northern humour and nosiness on the goings on of the soap.

The 61-year-old was arrested in August after Lancashire Police found an internet user had uploaded an ‘indecent video of a child’ to a file-sharing website.

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