EastEnders actor fired for stealing castmate’s phone

Goodness, you can’t trust anyone these days, can you?

When big shows such as EastEnders employ staff, you’d kind of expect employees to respect the people they work with.

But bosses were left fizzing recently when an extra working on the soap was caught trying to nick a fellow actor’s phone.

The worst part of the story is, this extra had been working on the show for years, so had built up the trust of people around him.

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Now the main cast of the show are reportedly terrified that their belongings could be at risk too from other pilferers.

A source told the Sun: “The man had taken the sim out but the phone had a tracking device and he was caught with it in his sock.

“He denied he stole it but if you take the sim out and have it down your sock, you’re not giving it back.

Extras are demanding lockers to protect their belongings (Credit: BBC)

But now all the extras and some of the broader cast are worried about their belongings and “some of the extras have taken to taking their phones with them on set”.

According to the shock report, the incident happened a while back and the sticky fingered rascal was swiftly dropped by his casting agency.

The source revealed: “He was chucked off the show, the agency dumped him.

“All the extras leave their phones in what I can only describe is like a garden shed because they’re not allowed to take phones on set because if it goes off it ruins the scene.”

While extras shoot scenes they leave their belongings in a shed (Credit:BBC)

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Now angry actors want producers to ensure their belongings are well protected.

“Some of the extras are demanding lockers and are taking their phones on set,” the source added.

However, when asked about the incident, a spokeswoman for EastEnders said: “We never comment on individual matters such as these however EastEnders would always take appropriate action if necessary.”