London’s Burning Actor John Alford has died in prison two months after he was jailed for sexual assault.
In January the actor, who also starred in BBC’s Grange Hill, was jailed for eight-and-a-half years having been found guilty of sexually assaulting two teenage girls in 2022.
Alford, real name John Shannon, shot to fame playing Billy Ray in ITV drama London’s Burning.
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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