LIFE imitated TV when actor Ryan Philpott, who played a cop in EastEnders, stumbled on the aftermath of a Leigh mugging.
What a pity he wasn't on the scene when the crime was committed.
Muggers can be star struck too. They might have surrendered to a TV cop in a way they never would to a real one.
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