Sexy Coronation Street actress finds dead body in van - life imitates art
CORONATION Street's Samia Smith found a body in the back of a van, the soap confirmed today.
The heavily-pregnant actress, who plays hairdresser Maria Connor in the show, was with her property developer husband Matthew Smith when they made the find in Sale, Greater Manchester, yesterday.
They were alerted by a dog barking inside the red Vauxhall Combi van and are understood to have looked inside the back window and spotted a man's body.
The couple, who were thought to have been visiting the actress's family in Sale, then dialled 999.
Police closed the road and sealed off the van for forensic tests and the dog was taken away.
A spokeswoman for Coronation Street said: "I can confirm they they were there when the body was discovered but they cannot discuss it any further as it is a police matter."
Police are now awaiting the results of toxicology tests on the body.
A spokeswoman for Greater Manchester Police said: "Shortly after 12pm on Sunday 6th September 2009, police were called to the junction of Hunston Road and Washway Road, following a report of a body being found.
"Officers attended the scene and found the body of 26-year-old man in the back of a Vauxhall Combi.
"Police inquiries to establish the circumstances surrounding the man's death are underway."
Samia, who joined Coronation Street in 2000, married property developer Matthew in 2005.
The heavily-pregnant actress, who plays hairdresser Maria Connor in the show, was with her property developer husband Matthew Smith when they made the find in Sale, Greater Manchester, yesterday.
They were alerted by a dog barking inside the red Vauxhall Combi van and are understood to have looked inside the back window and spotted a man's body.
The couple, who were thought to have been visiting the actress's family in Sale, then dialled 999.
Police closed the road and sealed off the van for forensic tests and the dog was taken away.
A spokeswoman for Coronation Street said: "I can confirm they they were there when the body was discovered but they cannot discuss it any further as it is a police matter."
Police are now awaiting the results of toxicology tests on the body.
A spokeswoman for Greater Manchester Police said: "Shortly after 12pm on Sunday 6th September 2009, police were called to the junction of Hunston Road and Washway Road, following a report of a body being found.
"Officers attended the scene and found the body of 26-year-old man in the back of a Vauxhall Combi.
"Police inquiries to establish the circumstances surrounding the man's death are underway."
Samia, who joined Coronation Street in 2000, married property developer Matthew in 2005.
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I can confirm they they were there when the body was discovered but they cannot discuss it any further as it is a police matter