Coronation Street actor, Jack P Shepherd has revealed that he often gets hit by grannies who hate his character, David Platt, when he is out in public.

He told The Sun: “It’s always the little old ladies who have a go at me. Younger people think David is great but the grannies attack me with their handbags. What is it with grannies and their handbags? They should be given Asbos!

“They call me a ‘tinker’, and a few other more – shall we say – colourful words that you probably couldn’t print in a family newspaper.

“I scare children, too. They’ve been known to burst into tears just at the sight of me.”

Jack is prepared for more of the same reaction after he is seen throwing Gail down the stairts next week:

“I know I’ll get more of that. They want to know why I’m so awful to my mum so these scenes will really get them going.

“I get a lot of reaction from all sorts of people when I’m out and about but it’s generally in good humour so it doesn’t bother me.”