EASTENDERS star Jessie Wallace has got engaged — and is set to marry for the first time. Jessie, 51 — who plays Kat Slater in the BBC soap — and carpenter boyfriend Justin Gallwey, 50, are now getting hitched after at least a year together.
Our exclusive photograph shows the actress wearing an engagement ring as she nipped to a shop near her North London home. It comes after handyman Justin has been helping her battle booze demons.
Last summer she was cautioned after allegedly kneeing a cop in the crotch and calling him a “fat c***” on a drunken night out in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.
Justin told The Sun on Sunday: “I just want to protect her. Everything is happy and things are good.” READ MORE EASTENDERS NEWSSoap reunion EastEnders stars in huge reunion as Branning, Jackson and Brown stars meet upPARIS' PLAN EastEnders star Mica Paris reveals intensive regime with five workouts a week Jessie has had a string of boyfriends over the years but never married.
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