New details emerge on actor John Alford's criminal history
Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 29 Oct, 17:40 · Archive
Criminal records show John Alford, the former London's Burning actor jailed for sexually assaulting two teenage girls, had been convicted six times for 14 offences.
New details of disgraced actor John Alford's criminal past have emerged. The former London's Burning actor, who played fireman Billy Ray in the ITV drama during the 1990s, was jailed for eight and a half years at St Albans Crown Court in January. He was found guilty on four counts of sexual activity with one teenage girl, and of sexual assault and assault by penetration on another.
Criminal records unlocked under the Freedom of Information Act show Alford, 54, had been convicted six times for a total of 14 offences, including offences against property and public disorder. In 1999, he was found guilty of supplying cocaine and cannabis to an undercover News of the World reporter at Snaresbrook Crown Court in London. Judge Stephen Robbins sentenced him to nine months in prison and ordered him to pay £3,000 in costs. In 2004, Alford was convicted of using disorderly behaviour or threatening words 'likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress' after he booked into a hotel room in an 'extremely drunken state' at 4am.
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- Fresh details on disgraced actor's criminal past emerge after deathNew details surrounding the criminal past of disgraced actor John Alford who sexually assaulted two teenage girls in Hertfordshire have emerged.Herts Advertiser · 29 Oct, 17:00
- Fresh details on disgraced actor's criminal past emerge after deathNew details surrounding the criminal past of disgraced actor John Alford who sexually assaulted two teenage girls in Hertfordshire have emerged.The Comet · 29 Oct, 17:00
In this story: John Alford · St Albans Crown Court · London's Burning · Snaresbrook Crown Court · Hertfordshire · Holloway
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