'Casualty' actor keeps job after court case

Casualty star Simon MacCorkindale is to keep his job after pleading guilty to leaving the scene of an accident.

The actor, who plays Director of Emergency Medicine Harry Harper in the BBC hospital drama, was hit with a two-year driving ban after he knocked a cyclist over in Somerset on May 23rd this year, whilst on his way to a rehearsal in Bristol. The victim suffered serious head injuries and bruising.

MacCorkindale was ordered to pay £5,000 compensation to the victim, John Lilley, at the hearing at Taunton Deane Magistrates Court yesterday and also told to pay £550 costs.

A BBC spokesman told the PA: "I can confirm that Simon has not been suspended or fired from the show."