Emmerdale and Happy Valley actor Frazer Hammill died by suicide hours after being arrested and questioned by police over sexual assault allegations. The ITV soap star was found dead aged 41 at his Doncaster home on December 30, 2025, after leaving a note on his neighbour’s door with the keys to his house, an inquest heard. The “talented and kind-hearted” actor had told his neighbour not to go into the house and to call the police as he had taken his own life. Hamill had also left notes for his friends and family – a day after being arrested by Lancashire Police following a report of a sexual assault on a woman in her 40s. Police said: “Following enquiries a man in his 40s from Doncaster was arrested on our behalf by South Yorkshire Police on December 29th. He was interviewed and bailed later the same day. “On December 30th we were notified by South Yorkshire Police that the man had sadly been found dead. A decision was made to close our investigation, and the …