The former Coronation Street actor Bruno Langley has pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting two women at a Manchester music venue.
Manchester magistrates court was told yesterday that Langley, 34, was drunk when he touched the two women. The actor was attending former Coronation Street colleague Craig Charles’s monthly funk and soul night at the Band on the Wall music venue.
Langley played Todd Grimshaw in the soap for more than a decade. He was sacked by ITV when the police investigation came to light in October. His last episode will be screened on Christmas Eve.
Karen Saffman, prosecuting, told the court that Langley was “clearly intoxicated” when the first victim went upstairs to collect coats from the cloakroom. 
“As she walked back towards the stairs Langley grabbed her,” said Saffman. Reading from the victim’s police statement, she said: “the victim was clearly in shock. She was thinking about hitting him. She said: ‘Did you do that on purpose?’ But he did not reply.”
A male with Langley then apologised, the court heard, saying: “I’m really sorry.” 
When the victim then went to go to the toilets she was approached by another woman who said she had also been groped by Langley.
The court heard that the actor had touched another two women on the same night. Saffman said that while he had not been charged with offences concerning those women, they were “indicative of his behaviour”.
Langley’s family members attended court to watch him enter his guilty pleas. The actor was told that he could face a possible jail sentence.
The district judge, Mark Hadfield, has asked for a probation report to be prepared before he decides whether he will sentence Langley or whether the case needs to be sent to Manchester crown court, where he could face a longer sentence.