Charity backs Corry's Jimmi.COVENTRY-based charity Baby Lifeline is standing by its soap star patron Jimmi Harkishin after claims he was seen snorting cocaine. A national newspaper claimed a picture showed Mr Harkishin - who plays Dev Alahan Devendra "Dev" Alahan is a character on Coronation Street who first appeared on the show in November 1999. He is the owner of a chain of seven shops in the Manchester area and bought the shop on the street from his uncle Ravi after he returned to India. in Coronation Street Coronation Street is an award-winning British soap opera. It is the longest-running television soap opera in the United Kingdom, first broadcast on Friday, 9 December, 1960 in the Granada region of ITV. - snorting cocaine off a kitchen worktop worktop Noun a surface in a kitchen, usually the top of a fitted kitchen unit, which is used for food preparation Also: (work surface) worktop n → encimera . TV company Granada is said to have asked that the 45-year-old seeks treatment and to have given him indefinite leave for therapy. Mr Harkishin is an honorary vice-president of Baby Lifeline, which is based at Hereward College, in Tile Hill Lane. Judy Ledger, chief executive and founder of Baby Lifeline, said its trustees had spoken about Mr Harkishin's position and agreed to back him. She said: "Jimmi is getting help and that's the best thing he can do and, with Granada backing him, we are also standing by him. "He's a good guy who has been very genuine and carried out an awful lot of work for the charity." |
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