Coronation Street and Still Game actor admits making indecent images
Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 8 Oct, 15:37 · Archive
Eric Potts, 61, pleaded guilty to making 83 indecent images of children over a decade.
Eric Potts, 61, pleaded guilty to all charges at Blackburn Magistrates Court after admitting to making 83 indecent images of children over a decade from May 2015 to October 2025. Police arrested him earlier this year and initially charged him with three counts of making indecent photographs of a child and three counts of distributing them. Digital forensic examination of devices seized from his home, including a PC, laptop and iPhone, uncovered far more images.
Of the images found, seven were classified as category A, the most serious, 16 as category B, and 60 as category C. Potts shared five images on a single day in July 2024. Lancashire Constabulary had first received information about the case in August last year when a user of a file-sharing account uploaded an indecent video of a child to the internet.
Potts, a former Irvine Royal Academy pupil, played baker Diggery Compton in Coronation Street 20 years ago. He also appeared in Still Game, Brookside, Emmerdale, Casualty, Last of the Summer Wine and Doctor Who, and performed regularly in pantomimes across the country.
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- Still Game and Coronation Street actor admits making 83 indecent images of childrenCoronation Street and Still Game actor Eric Potts admits making 83 indecent images of children and sharing five; he faces a prison sentence following guilty plea.The Herald · 8 Oct, 14:21
- Still Game and Coronation Street actor made indecent images of kidsCoronation Street and Still Game actor Eric Potts, 61, pleads guilty to making 83 indecent images of children in Lancashire and faces a prison sentence.Glasgow Times · 8 Oct, 11:01
In this story: Eric Potts · Coronation Street · Still Game · Blackburn Magistrates Court · Lancashire Constabulary · Irvine
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