Death in Paradise star dishes on Selwyn’s shock return in Christmas special
Death in Paradise fans were left distraught earlier this year when it seemed that Commissioner Selwyn Patterson (Don Warrington) was leaving the show for good, but the Christmas special revealed they had nothing to fear. The character lends a helping hand to the team at Saint Marie, investigating a mysterious murder on a Caribbean island with a connection in England. Selwyn, who is visiting the UK for the holidays, offers to help DI Mervin Wilson (Don Gilet) with the investigation, and even finds the murder weapon in a locked drawer in a Swindon office. Actor Shaquille Ali-Yebuah, who plays officer Sebastian Rose, tells Yahoo UK how delighted he was by the return of Selwyn in the series, remarking that the show simply wouldn’t work without him. “I mean, he’s the OG,” Ali-Yebuah says fondly. “He’s the OG, and it wouldn’t be the same without him. He’s like the spine of this whole body that we’re forming, and he’s the spine of the show in a sense. Death in Paradise actor Shaquille Ali-Yebuah said it was …