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Ask your mum Dan... she'll tell you it doesnt seem like five minutes since you were in nappies either... LOL I must admit I couldnt understand why Chris Parker refused to speak to the shows shrink either. Shaz x

well guys if they keep dev on granada will have a black mark against them i am off to ebay see if i can find maya she will blow dev away lol x

Sandra its true I just read it myself... Granada are giving him time off and are not sacking him. They think he needs time off to get through this and has the support of the company!! Well that just about says it all... A few weeks ago he was switching price tags in stores now he is taking drugs... and he has always been a totally crap actor!! Shaz x

I'm not defending Dev, (not even his name :-), but just saying what I though happened regarding Eastenders. To say he's not long out of nappies - get away, he's 21! Why he couldn't do what BBC asked his beyond me.

Sandra This is what it says: Corrie's Bosses Back Cocaine Star Coronation Street's Jimmi Harkishin, aka Dev Coronation Street star Jimmi Harkishin is to keep his job with the soap - but is taking time off to seek treatment for his drug problems. Harkishin, who plays shopkeeper Dev Alahan, has been granted indefinite leave by bosses at Granada. The actor. who was pictured by a Sunday newspaper snorting cocaine, was thought to be close to being axed. But Harkishin, 45, had a meeting with Granada bosses today. A spokeswoman said: "Both Granada and Jimmi Harkishin recognise that he has some problems that he needs to sort out. "He will be taking a break from the show while he seeks help to deal with those issues. "This is with the full support of the company, Coronation Street and his colleagues.'' Granada did not consider sacking Harkishin despite newspaper revelations. The spokeswoman said: "There was never any question of him being sacked. "We are a responsible employer and we have a duty of care to our employees. The pressures Jimmi has been under are a result of him appearing in our show. We will help Jimmi to seek the help that he needs." Bosses have set no time limit for Harkishin's treatment, but he is likely to be gone for several months. He has already filmed five weeks' worth of scenes in advance and storylines will be rewritten to explain his absence. Dev was recently at the centre of one of the ITV soap's most explosive plots when his ex, "Mad'' Maya, torched his shops in revenge for him marrying Sunita.

dan you may be right but he did invent a story i feel for him he is not long out of nappies x

Even so Dan I still think Dev's crime is far worse! I can understand the BBC to a point but I cannot understand Granada if they are going to stand by a Junkie! Shaz x

I thought they sacked Chris Parker out of Eastenders because he refused to talk to a specialist. BBC couldn't risk his problems happening again so got rid.

shaz well at least curly has balls x

margaret WHATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

I agree Sandra and did anyone see GMTV this morning... Curley Watts was on and he was asked what he thought about the whole Dev thing and if he thought that maybe the pressure of work could be to blame? Curley said he couldnt speak for Dev but would speak for himself (remember how he was an alcoholic until 7yrs ago) well he said... wouldnt it be great to be able to blame work pressure... then he said... No work cant be blamed I did it coz I liked it!! Shaz x

According to the AOL news boards, Granada are standing by him and he is being given time off to sort himself out. They blame the pressure of work on Coronation St and feel they are partly to blame. Margaret

shaz i agree he is a rank actor and and if they dont give him the bullet for drugs well there is something wrong i mean they sacked alfie moons bro for telling lies with a girl to prove he is not gay thats nowt compared to drugs

Dev deserves to be sacked.. but what I dont understand is how the guy got the part in the first place!! I have never seen such cardboard acting in my life and I doubt we'll ever see him in anything else. Shaz x

hiya everyone for your replies carol i think katies dad is a tasty bit off trousers lol

Great! I think he is a bad actor!

Heard on This Morning on Friday the soap critic said it.

never did like him not a good actor and his voice rises as he speaks hope they get rid of him Did u know that Katie is going to get pregnant and when her dad objects she kills him!!!!!

mandy you and me both x

Didn't know about the drugs or swopping tags on jumpers. Both illegal so of course he should lose his job. Any of us mere mortals would be straight out the door! He is nice looking but I can't stand his voice! Mandy :)