EastEnders star moves house after being pushed down the stairs by a ghost

Shaun Williamson, best known for the role of Barry Evans in the long-running soap on BBC, was living at his cosy home in the Isle of Sheppey when he was pushed down the stairs

EastEnders star Shaun Williamson said he moved house after a ghost pushed him down the stairs.

The 59-year-old actor, best known for the role of Barry Evans in the long-running soap on BBC, was living at his cosy home in the Isle of Sheppey when he was pushed down the stairs, which he said was the final straw and resulted in him and his wife Adele moving elsewhere.

"When we moved into the house, there were the usual bumps every old house gets in the night. It could be wind in the attic, anything really," he said. "But then pictures started coming off walls – they were securely fastened – that’s when I knew something was up. I remember when we were doing our kitchen extension, we got to know the builders really well, so sometimes we would go off to work on a Friday at the weekend and leave them to lock up after saying goodbye.

"Once, half an hour later, they phoned and said ‘You haven’t left then yet?’ but we were halfway out on the M25. They said there was a woman upstairs looking out at us." He went on to explain another occurrence in the house. He would feel a hand on the top of his char 'rocking him' when he was in the office.

However, it was never a 'nasty or malignant presence' and he could 'always deal with it'. It all changed when he was pushed down the stairs. He explained: "But then one day, I was walking down the stairs with a cup of tea in one hand and a plate in the other and I just fell. It wasn’t like a buckle, I went up in the air, both feet and landed on my back.

"My cup of tea and plate smashed. It took me five minutes to get my breath back. I just thought, ‘Christ, what was that?’ At the back of your mind, you wonder if it’s the ghost. When the team moved in we found out that there was a strong presence on that stairway."

Shaun, during his appearance on Celebrity Help! My House Is Haunted, said he was 'angry' the presence - which is reportedly a spirit of a man named George, who murdered his wife in the 1900s - pushed him down the stairs and that he 'wouldn't let go o the spirit of his wife'.

"So he’s just a wrongen, George is an a***hole and he had to go. That’s why I’m really glad of this programme, because now, even if bits of his spirit remain, it’s not doing any harm," Shaun added.

Celebrity Help! My House is Haunted comes to Discovery+ on Thursday, January 23

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