Hollyoaks actor sentenced for multiple sex offences

Hollyoaks actor Philip Hamer was sentenced to 28 years in prison for 41 sex offences, including eight counts of rape. His crimes involved grooming a teenage victim through Facebook and subjecting her to abusive acts from 2010 to 2023. EastEnders actor Youssef Berouain was jailed for killing a woman in a car crash while speeding. He fled the UK after the incident in 2020 but was extradited in 2024, receiving an eight-and-a-half-year sentence. Former Brookside actor Philip Foster was sentenced to eight-and-a-half years for leading a £13.6 million fraud scheme targeting aspiring models. His operation, which lasted eight years, exploited over 6,000 victims.