Photograph Credit: The Yorkshire Post - Actor Tarik Makarem

Emmerdale actor and E-lister Tarik Makarem who plays factory boss Nikhil Sharma in the soap told Dewsbury Magistrates Court that a ban would ‘damage the believabilitys’ of his character. He then added,

“A person who has a profession like mine, when they are put into public transport or public places, have a media persona that presents a number of difficult challenges.

“It has a dramatic effect health-wise I would say.”

Makarem who already had nine points on his licence when he was caught doing 49mph in a 40mph zone in Leeds was told by the judge, that three points would be added to his licence and he will be disqualified from driving for six months.

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Tarik must think he is Johnny Depp. The man is delusional.

His role in Emmerdale isn’t a stand-out character so I doubt that his presence on public transport will turn many heads and cause mad hysteria.