The actor Stephen Tompkinson has been accused of beating a father so badly he was left with a double skull fracture. Tompkinson has denied the charge. The Independent has contacted his representatives ...

British actor Stephen Tompkinson, best known for his roles in Ballykissangel and DCI Banks, has been charged with grievous bodily harm (GBH) and will appear to stand trial in an English crown court.

Actor Stephen Tompkinson has been found not guilty in his grievous bodily harm trial. There was a sigh of relief from Stephen in the dock as the judge Paul Sloan thanked the jury. Victim Karl Poole ...

TV star Stephen Tompkinson will be swapping crime for comedy this summer when he takes to the stage for a fund-raiser in his native North East. The DCI Banks actor will be back on home turf for what ...

Just as the detective has to think like a murderer to catch him, readers of crime fiction, too, are forced to admit to the existence of our own core of unknown and generally inaccessible violence.

The neighbour of actor Stephen Tompkinson has told a court she saw him slap and punch a drunk man in the head after asking him to move away from his home in the early hours of the morning. The 57-year ...

Everyone knows each other in this Irish village. Watch all seasons with THIRTEEN Passport. A young British priest (Stephen Tompkinson; DCI Banks) arrives in Ballykissangel, a village in the Irish ...