EMMERDALE actor Luke Tittensor today pleaded guilty to a brutal assault.

Tittensor, 19, who plays tearaway teenager Daz Eden in the soap, left his victim with a badly broken jaw, Bolton crown court was told.

The court heard the victim, a boy who was 16 at the time, was left in hospital for three days.

Mark Ford, prosecuting, said the boy needed complex facial reconstructive surgery that required a metal plate and screws to be inserted into his jaw.

No further details of the assault were revealed in court and the victim cannot be named for legal reasons.

Tittensor, of Rycroft Avenue, Heywood, near Rochdale, who has also appeared in Channel 4's Shameless, was facing a trial after he initially denied charges of causing grievous bodily harm and inflicting grievous bodily harm in February last year.

He admitted a single charge of inflicting GBH today before the trial was due to start. The case was adjourned for pre-sentence reports to be prepared.

Tittensor will be sentenced on April 29. He was granted unconditional bail.

Mr Ford said the plea was acceptable and said the victim was 'anxious about the prospect of giving evidence'.

He said: "His overriding concern was that the defendant accepted responsibility for what he did to him. He suffered a displaced fracture of the lower jaw."

Tittensor is best known for his role as Daz in Emmerdale. He joined the cast in 2003. He also shared the role of Carl Gallagher in the first series of Shameless with his twin brother, Elliott, before leaving to concentrate on his Emmerdale role.