28 days ago · Sheffield
Ex-Brookside star arrested in Spain after skipping bail for £13.6m fraud

What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a crime & justice story. Birmingham Mail, BBC News UK, Chronicle Live, Yorkshire Post, Bristol Post, and Manchester Evening News are the outlets attached to this story. The reports are tied to Sheffield. The first report grouped here was at 18 Sept 2026, 14:12 UTC. 6 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “Ex-Brookside star arrested in Spain after skipping bail for £13.6m fraud”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Former Brookside actor Philip Foster, 51, was convicted of fraud and money laundering and sentenced in his absence at Sheffield Crown Court, and is now wanted to serve an eight-and-a-half year jail sentence
Story timeline
Reports grouped into this story, earliest first. Exact repeats from the same outlet are collapsed.
- First reported by Manchester Evening News
Former Brookside star convicted over £13.6 million fraud arrested in Spain
- Picked up by Bristol Post
Former Brookside actor arrested in Spain after fleeing UK ahead of fraud trial
- New development reported by Yorkshire Post
Ex-Brookside actor arrested in Spain after jumping bail ahead of fraud trial
- Picked up by Chronicle Live
Former Brookside star arrested in Spain after £13.6 million fraud
- Picked up by BBC News UK
Ex-Brookside star who fled after fraud trial arrested in Spain
- Picked up by Birmingham Mail
Ex-Brookside star arrested in Spain after skipping bail for £13.6m fraud
Same story, different outlets
6 headlinesEach line is that outlet's headline. The article stays on the publisher's site.
- Birmingham MailEx-Brookside star arrested in Spain after skipping bail for £13.6m fraud
- BBC NewsEx-Brookside star who fled after fraud trial arrested in Spain
- Chronicle LiveFormer Brookside star arrested in Spain after £13.6 million fraud
- Yorkshire PostEx-Brookside actor arrested in Spain after jumping bail ahead of fraud trial
- Bristol PostFormer Brookside actor arrested in Spain after fleeing UK ahead of fraud trial
- Manchester Evening NewsFormer Brookside star convicted over £13.6 million fraud arrested in Spain