Actor Stephen Tompkinson found not guilty of grievous bodily harm

DCI Banks lead actor was accused of punching drunk man making noise outside his house

The actor Stephen Tompkinson has been found not guilty of inflicting grievous bodily harm on a drunken man he confronted outside his home.

Tompkinson, a familiar face on television programmes from Drop the Dead Donkey to DCI Banks, had been accused of lashing out at Karl Poole who was, with a friend, drinking at the end of the actor's driveway in the early hours of the morning.