EastEnders hardman smashed my face in after vicious row over dog poo as I walked pet in park, claims disabled victim

EASTENDERS hardman Scott Maslen fought with a disabled dog-walker successful a enactment implicit picking up poo successful a park.

MS sufferer Michael Kelly has spoken to cops aft accusing the Jack Branning star, 53, of fracturing his oculus socket successful London.

He told the actor, who denies starting the brawl: “You’re not connected EastEnders now.”

Kelly, 55, said helium and the prima some ended up connected a parkland level arsenic the enactment turned into a brawl.

He says helium was near with whiplash and needed infirmary treatment.

Sources adjacent to Mr Maslen — who arsenic hardman Jack Branning recently punched his 16th character, landing 39 blows successful the soap — past nighttime said determination had been a “scuffle”.

But helium insisted helium did not commencement it portion walking his labrador Chewbacca.

Mr Kelly, who owns a four-year-old labradoodle called Ned, has fixed a connection to police who are investigating.

The erstwhile charity idiosyncratic has aggregate sclerosis (MS), a illness of the cardinal tense strategy which affects his balance.

He said: “I sometimes usage a wheelchair and request a stick, but effort to support active.

“Walking my canine gets maine retired of the house, and is bully for me.

“On this juncture I took Ned to Regent’s Park. He was moving astir and I was connected the telephone erstwhile I became alert of a antheral shouting down me. I didn’t instrumentality overmuch notice, and carried connected chatting to my son-in-law.

“Suddenly it was unavoidable to disregard the man.

“Ned had gone to the toilet. I hadn’t picked the poo up rapidly enough, due to the fact that I was connected the phone, and this antheral was furious.

“He was wearing headphones, a shooting overgarment and matching greenish cap, waterproof wellies and trousers. Of people I was going to prime up the canine poo but helium didn’t springiness maine a chance.

“He was shouting obscenities. I told him I’d prime it up erstwhile I was ready. It was unbelievable.

“He shouted, ‘Who bash you deliberation you are?’. He kept calling maine a mug. ‘You mug, you’re specified a mug, you’re a f***ing mug’. I was shocked but said, ‘You’re the mug’. I replied, ‘Who bash you deliberation you are? What are you doing?’”

Park brawl

Mr Kelly claimed the statement past turned into a brawl with some men connected the floor.

He went on: “A pistillate dog-walker screamed and said she was ringing the police.

“As I struggled to get up I recognised the antheral and said, ‘You’re successful EastEnders’.

“I gathered my thoughts and said, ‘You’re not successful EastEnders now. This is existent life’.

“I managed to instrumentality 2 photographs astatine the scene.”

Mr Kelly said helium was dripping successful humor from his look and caput arsenic helium drove backmost to his daughter’s location successful Islington, North London.

He said: “I went to the infirmary and needed stitches successful my nose, and they cleaned up cuts to my head. I had whiplash.

“They said I’d fractured my oculus socket. It’s unbelievable. I person had to spot the oculus specializer for ongoing treatment. I person different assignment successful 8 weeks.”

Pals of Mr Maslen said determination had been a enactment with a antheral successful Regent’s Park who had not picked up his dog’s poo.

A root said: “The bloke wasn’t connected his telephone and conscionable appeared to beryllium staring astatine his dog’s business, refusing to prime it up.

“Scott asked him if helium was going to prime it up, and if helium wanted a poo container to bash so.

“A enactment started, escalated by the different antheral who grabbed Scott.

"He started a fight. They were connected the level but arsenic soon arsenic it was implicit Scott walked away.”

Mr Maslen became a household sanction arsenic Detective Sergeant Phil Hunter successful constabulary play The Bill betwixt 2002 and 2007.

He made his debut arsenic Albert Square Romeo Jack, the member of Max and April Branning, successful 2007, and has been a regular since, barring a two-year interruption from 2013.

His storylines person included a romance with Ronnie Mitchell (played by his real-life pal Samantha Womack) and an matter with Stacey Slater (Lacey Turner).

In 2010 helium took a little interruption from the soap to vie successful Strictly Come Dancing, partnering pro dancer Natalie Lowe.

They finished fourth, beaten by Pamela Stephenson, Matt Baker and bid champion Kara Tointon.

Mr Maslen besides appeared successful Celebrity MasterChef successful 2015, and helium has antecedently played Claude Speed successful the live-action trailer for Grand Theft Auto 2.

Married to Estelle, they person a grown-up son and unrecorded successful North London, adjacent to Regent’s Park.

The mates bought their four- chamber pad for £1.2million 2 months earlier they got joined successful September 2008. The swish spot has 4 bathrooms, a patio plot and a extortion terrace.

Last nighttime the Metropolitan Police confirmed they were investigating the parkland brawl.

Mr Maslen was approached for comment.