Eastenders actor punched his mum

A former Eastenders actor who repeatedly punched his elderly mother as she lay in bed has been jailed for nearly four years. Joshua Malin, 34, appeared in the soap when he was a teenager in 2003 and The Bill in 2006. Malim assaulted 71-year-old Diana Malin in her home in Wood Green, north London, on 1 March while a restraining order was in place to protect her following previous attacks. Mrs Malin sobbed in the well of the court as…