London’s Burning actor John Alford has died in prison two months after he was jailed for sexual assault.
The actor was given an eight-and-a-half year sentence in January, having been found guilty of sexually assaulting two teenage girls in 2022.
Alford, real name John Shannon, rose to fame in the BBC’s Grange Hill, before starring as Billy Ray in ITV’s firefighter drama London’s Burning in the 1990s.
A prison service spokesperson said: “John Shannon died in prison on 13 March 2026. As with all deaths in custody, the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman will investigate.”
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