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Shameless star Tina Malone breaks down over legal battle during appearance on This Morning

Photo credit: ITV
Photo credit: ITV

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Shameless star Tina Malone opened up about her devastating court battle during an appearance on This Morning today (March 19).

The Liverpudlian actress is known to TV fans as Mimi Maguire in Channel 4's original Shameless series, as well as her stints in Brookside and Celebrity Big Brother, but hit the headlines recently for getting in trouble with the law.

Malone shared a picture online of who she believed to be one of James Bulger's killers, Jon Venables – whose new identity is now protected since being released from jail.

It resulted in a £10,000 fine plus an eight-month suspended prison sentence.

Photo credit: ITV
Photo credit: ITV

Breaking down in tears while telling her side of the story to Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield, Malone explained that she now can't take her young daughter to Disneyland Paris because of the fine.

"It has destroyed me," she admitted. "I only went on Facebook a couple of years ago, because I am not really good with social media. I just happened to believe anything that is on the internet is legal, but it isn't."

Malone went on to explain how she doesn't understand the mechanics of computers, and now deeply regrets her actions on social media.

"I'm not daft," she added. "I just thought if something was out there because of the current situation of the person involved... I just didn't realise what I was doing was illegal.

"I didn't mean to provoke or incite any violence or anything. It was over a year ago, and the repercussions have been horrendous on my life."

This Morning airs on ITV.


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