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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Adolescence star Ashley Walters says prison was ‘one of the best things’ to happen to him

Ashley Walters has described his time in prison as “one of the best things” to happen to him.

The 44-year-old actor, who played the detective investigating the murder of schoolgirl Katie Leonard in Netflix’s Golden Emmy-sweeping Adolescence, was sentenced to 18 months in a young offenders’ institution in 2002 after being convicted of possessing a firearm.

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