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Former Corrie actress had full body search at Manchester Airport because scanner was thrown by 'lack of arms'

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An actor and disability campaigner says she was given a full body search at Manchester Airport after security scanners failed to recognise her disability.

Former Coronation Street star Melissa Johns, who was born without her right forearm, says she was stopped by airport staff before flying to Prague on Sunday afternoon after the alarm was triggered as she underwent a full body security scan.

Ms Johns, who played Imogen Pascoe in Corrie from 2017 to 2019 and also starred in Manchester-based BBC drama Life, said staff told her the machine 'doesn't quite pick up your body' and was then asked to undergo a full body search instead.

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