{
  "id": 17068645,
  "title": "‘Cowardly’ former Brookside star who ran €16m modelling scam from the Costa Blanca is extradited to the UK and jailed for nine years",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/29/cowardly-former-brookside-star-who-ran-16m-modelling-scam-from-the",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-29T14:00:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Olive Press",
    "slug": "the-olive-press",
    "url": "https://www.theolivepress.es/spain-news/2026/10/29/brookside-soap-modelling-scam-spain/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Philip Barry Foster, who played villain Christian Wright in the Channel 4 series Brookside during the 1990s, was arrested by the Guardia Civil in September.",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}