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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sam Hall

Actor who abused girls at party found dead in prison

  • Former actor John Alford has died at HMP Bure in Norfolk, just two months after being jailed for sexual offences.
  • Alford, 54, was sentenced to eight-and-a-half years in January after being convicted of sexually assaulting two teenage girls.
  • He was found guilty 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.
  • The offences took place in April 2022 at a home in Hertfordshire, after Alford had bought alcohol for the victims.
  • The Prison Service said that the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman will investigate, as is standard for all deaths in custody.

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