Coronation Street star William Roache has been spared from bankruptcy after settling his tax bill. The 92-year-old, who has played Ken Barlow on the beloved soap for more than 60 years, was previously given 12 weeks to settle a dispute HMRC. It was not confirmed how much the soap veteran owed the taxman, but a judge reportedly agreed to adjourn the bankruptcy petition at a hearing in March to ‘allow for the sale of property’.
At a hearing on Monday (June 10) Anam Razvi, for HMRC, requested the dismissal of the case on behalf of the tax body. Chief Insolvency and Companies Court judge Nicholas Briggs agreed and dismissed the case, court staff said. The Sun recently claimed that the soap veteran renewed his contract for another year, after he previously revealed he wanted to still be on the soap at 100 years old.
Although Roache already holds the world record for the longest-serving TV star in a continuous role, he has another in his sights. Last April the star decided to go skydiving for the first time in his life in a pre-recorded segment filmed for Lorraine. The sequence was shown with Roache opening to the camera about why he was embarking on the challenge.
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