Former London’s Burning and Grange Hill actor John Alford has died in prison months after being jailed for sexually assaulting two teenage girls.Alford, 54, was jailed for eight-and-a-half years in January after he was found guilty of the assaults which occurred during a party at a friend’s home.He died at HMP Bure in Norfolk on Friday, the Prison Service said.The former actor was convicted of four counts of sexual activity with a 14-year-old girl and charges of sexual assault and assault by penetration relating to a 15-year-old girl at a property in Hertfordshire on April 9 2022.Jurors heard during the trial that the defendant, charged under his real name John Shannon, sexually assaulted the girls while they were drunk following a night out at the pub.A Prison Service spokesman said: “John Shannon died in prison on March 13 2026.“As with all deaths in custody, the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman will investigate.”
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