I don’t have live access to current news right now. Here’s what I can share based on widely reported information up to recent years:
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William Roache, full name William Patrick Roache, is a long-standing English actor best known for playing Ken Barlow on Coronation Street since the show’s inception in 1960. He has held the Guinness World Record for the longest-serving living television actor in a continuous role.
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In 2013–2014, Roache faced historic sexual abuse allegations dating from the 1960s, and he was tried at Preston Crown Court in 2014. He was acquitted on all counts in January 2014. The trial and acquittal were widely reported in UK media at the time.
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William Roache has been found not guilty of all charges against him.
www.itv.comLatest London news, business, sport, showbiz and entertainment from the London Evening Standard.
www.standard.co.ukKnown for: Coronation Street, Coronation Street: First Dry Run, BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
www.imdb.comPersonal Profiles for Vincent P Roache JR from Hayward, CA and Vincent J Roache from Shannon, NC, and eight other persons with the same name, their addresses, phone numbers, emails
www.officialusa.comThe TV star tells the court he never invited young fans into his dressing room or onto the Coronation Street set.
news.sky.comKnown for: Coronation Street, Coronation Street: First Dry Run, BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
www.imdb.comWilliam Roache. Actor: Coronation Street. William Patrick "Bill" Roache MBE is an English actor. He has played Ken Barlow in the soap opera Coronation Street since its first episode on 9 December 1960. He is listed in the Guinness World Records as the longest-serving living television actor in a continuous role. First acting job with Unicorn Players at Princes Theatre Clacton in 1959 with John Kendall and Helen Blackwood among...
www.imdb.comWilliam Patrick Roache is an English actor, best known for playing Ken Barlow in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street. Roache is the longest-serving cast member...
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