Belfast Telegraph  Saturday 15 March 2014  Whittle denies
photographer charge  Actor Ricky Whittle arrives at Liverpool
Crown court  Actor and Strictly Come Dancing star Ricky Whittle
deliberately knocked a photographer down with his car "in
frustration", a court has heard.  Whittle had recently split up
with Hollyoaks co-star Carley Stenson but was giving her and a
friend a lift after attending a cast and crew party in
Liverpool's Parr Street Studios last year.  It was 1.30am on
November 27 when Whittle used his red Dodge car to knock down
Stephen Farrell, Liverpool Crown Court heard.   So the defendant
agreed to collect his ex and her friend round the corner when
they had lost the paparazzi. But a car full of photographers
followed the women into nearby Duke Street where Whittle tried
to pick them up.  The jury of five men and seven women heard
that Mr Farrell was taking pictures next to Whittle's left-hand
drive Dodge, but not blocking it, when the Dodge suddenly veered
to the left, taking off and collidin