Drunken Eastenders actor spat at paramedics

  An Eastenders actor hurled homophobic abuse and spat at paramedics who found him in a drunken heap outside a Pizza Express, a court heard. Rhys Yates, 24, who played Rodney Bragg in Eastenders, called London Ambulance worker Shaun Glendenning a “f*cking faggot” outside the Bedford Hill restaurant on August 13 this year. He also spat at Glendenning’s colleague Lisa Farrell repeatedly, telling the paramedics sent to assist him to “f*ck off”. Yates, who also played Jake in ‘Stan Lee’s…