Emmerdale actor Christopher Coghill says he was attacked by a member of the public while shopping at Selfridges. He reports that a fan struck him over the head with a handbag.
Coghill plays villain Kev Barton in the ITV soap Emmerdale, and he says the incident happened because the person was upset by his on-screen character. The reports frame the attack as being driven by identification with the fictional role rather than any dispute unrelated to the show.
Across the coverage, the core details match: Coghill is the actor involved, the location is Selfridges, and the assailant uses a handbag. The outlets do not provide extensive additional information such as whether police were contacted or the fan’s identity, focusing instead on Coghill’s account of why the confrontation occurred and his link to the villain role.
