Shameless actor Elliott Tittensor, 20, who plays Carl Gallagher, was attacked as he left Highbury Magistrates' Court in north London after being fined for driving without insurance.
Tittensor had just pleaded guilty to the offence when a 46-year-old man approached him. An onlooker described the incident: 'He was walking down the steps when a guy tapped him on the shoulder and just smacked him in the stomach all of a sudden.'
Three policemen restrained the assailant outside the court and led him away. The man remains in custody. It is not known whether Tittensor or his girlfriend, actress Kaya Scodelario, 18, who was with him, were injured.
The court appearance stemmed from a car accident on 15 August in Kentish Town Road, north London, which left 18-year-old Oliver Flint with permanent eye injuries. Tittensor was fined £750 and given six penalty points.
Tittensor, from Heywood, Lancashire, has played Carl Gallagher in Shameless since 2004, alternating with his twin brother.
