Coronation Street star Bill Roache, 91, is seen at the Post Office amid his ... trends now
Coronation Street star Bill Roache was spotted at the Post Office amid his bankruptcy after he was given three months to settle a tax debt of £500,000.
The actor, 91, was told in February that he needed to clear his huge debt in order to 'allow for the sale of property'.
Bill was seen nipping into his local Post Office in Alderley Edge, Cheshire, on Thursday afternoon.
The star looked fairly downcast as he made the trip in a white polo shirt, blue trousers and a padded jacket.
Bill earns a reported £250,000 a year playing Ken Barlow on the long-running soap but has racked up a half-a-million debt to the taxman.
Coronation Street star Bill Roache , 91, was spotted at the Post Office in Cheshire on Thursday amid his bankruptcy after he was given three months to settle tax debt of £500,000
Bill was seen nipping into his local Post Office in Alderley Edge, Cheshire, on Thursday afternoon
He entered an agreement in 2018 to clear the £588,015.18 bill, but according to reports last month he has only paid £41,666.65 so far.
Roache is looking to sell off some property to clear the debt with The Sun reporting in February a prospective buyer had pulled out of a deal.
The High Court has now given him a 12-week adjournment in order to 'allow for the sale of property'.
Roache did not appear at a specialist hearing, where lawyers for HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) said the sum the actor owes - which was not disclosed in court - has been reduced due to payments made.
Jacquille Jarrett, for HMRC, said Mr Roache had asked for a 12-week adjournment, which was unopposed, to 'allow for the sale of property'.
Retired Insolvency and Companies Court judge Stephen Baister granted the adjournment and said Roache's case will return in June.
'Splendid,' Dr Baister said at the
