Coronation Street’s Colson Smith has shared the unfortunate news that his car was broken into in Manchester recently but they failed to steal anything of value

Coronation Street star Colson Smith ‘full f******* Fort Knox’ after break-in at his home

Former Coronation Street actor Colson Smith has beefed up security at his Manchester pad after a break-in saw thieves nicking items from his car.

The Celebrity Big Brother star, who portrayed PC Craig Tinker on the ITV soap until the character met a grisly end earlier this year, shared the incident on his podcast, On The Sofa.

He co-hosts the show with former Corrie colleagues Jack P. Shepherd and Ben Price. Colson revealed that the robbers made off with a bag full of his cricket kit.

Colson has since gone “full f*****g Fort Knox” with his home security in response to the theft, joking to his co-stars: “I’ve gone shark cage over the house.”

Colson Smith revealed his recent security woes on his hit podcast(Image: Getty Images)

Fans were left devastated when baddie Mick Michaelis murdered Craig during a failed arrest in May this year. As his final scene aired in May, Colson said he would miss the ITV soap “forever”.

The 27-year-old, who has played police officer Craig Tinker on the show for 14 years, saw his character die after being beaten with a baseball bat by Mick Michaelis (Joe Layton), after he tried to arrest him.

Speaking on ITV’s This Morning, Colson said of his departure: “It literally is just working at Coronation Street (that I’ll miss the most) and calling that place my work.

“And it was weird, because when I got asked about highlights, I was trying to think of some of the things we’ve done, and I’ve done some mad things, I’ve met the (late) Queen, and I’ve done all this stuff, but it’s the simple stuff.

“Like, on a summer’s day at Corrie, we get an ice cream van, with all your mates and sit outside in the car park and the cast, the crew, the production team, the security staff, the cleaners, we’re all so tight there.

“So sitting out in the summer having an ice cream with your mates, they’re kind of the best days. It’s that craic, that’s the stuff that I won’t get at any other job, and that’s the stuff that I’ll miss forever.”

Asked what he would be doing next, the actor said: “It’s very bizarre leaving something you’ve done for so long, because I think it starts the question, ‘who’s Colson? What does he want to do?’

“So I’ve been enjoying sitting in the garden, but I know I want to do more work as myself, I love telly, I’ve found this is my home.

“So I want to spend more time in telly, want to do more stuff as Colson, so we shall see what happens, and I’ll be happy with whatever, more podcasting, got a couple of live shows coming up there, more presenting stuff, more audio stuff, that’s the stuff I love, so watch this space.”