EastEnders Nick Cotton played by John Altman spotted by police in Portsmouth Historic Dockyard

A famous EastEnders actor has been spotted by the police at the Historic Dockyard this weekend.

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Police officers patrolling the dockyard saw John and captured a fantastic picture with him. The police posted the picture to the Portsmouth Police Facebook page and it has had an amazing response. The Facebook post said: "PC Akass and PCSO Natalie were patrolling the Historic Dockyard and happened to come across someone a little familiar 'Nasty Nick Cotton'. However not nasty in real life it was lovely talking to you and having a photograph a lovely man."