EastEnders boy on cannabis charge

A young actor is facing the sack from EastEnders after being charged with possession of cannabis near his Enfield home.

Ashvin Laximon, 17, who plays Martin Fowler's best friend Asif, was already a favourite to be written out of the series after producers threatened to rid the show of unnecessary characters.

Now Laximon faces the prospect of appearing before magistrates.

Police in Enfield arrested him on Friday night as he made his way home and the actor spent the night in a cell before officers decided to charge him early on Saturday morning.