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ALISON BOSHOFF: Actor Stephen Tompkinson (pictured), 57, was accused of punching a drunken stranger, Karl Poole, to the ground after confronting him and a friend in 2021.
Neil Forsyth is the writer behind Guilt, the multi-award winning Edinburgh-set drama, which returns to BBC Scotland and BBC Two this week. His adaptation of The Gold, the story of the Brink's Mat robbery also recently hit our screens.