Emmerdale’s Christopher Coghill: Soap fan hit me with a handbag in Selfridges

Soap star Christopher Coghill has revealed he was once hit over the head with a handbag by a viewer who was appalled at his on-screen antics.The actor, who plays Kev Barton in ITV soap Emmerdale, describes his character as “a sympathetic psychopath, if you will”, adding he is not concerned about being cast as a villain following his experience playing paedophile Tony King in EastEnders in 2008.He said: “You’ve got to give people a bit of credit. When I started in EastEnders, there were people who were like, ‘You know, there are people out there who really can’t tell the difference between what they see on telly and real life, and because of the character you’re playing, you’re going to get a lot of shit, and you might need police protection’.”“And then you go out, and people go, ‘Oh, you’r