A SHOWBUSINESS agent from Stockport is to appear in court charged with defrauding Royle Family star Ricky Tomlinson of more than £26,000.
Businessman Patrick Nyland is accused of attempting to obtain money by deception and forgery of a contract.
The 58-year-old, of Heaton Chapel, is due to appear before Liverpool City Magistrates' Court.
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