Overview
- Recorder Caroline Overton ordered Alford to serve up to two thirds of his sentence in custody before release on licence.
- A jury convicted the former London’s Burning actor, tried as John Shannon, of six offences against girls aged 14 and 15 at a Hoddesdon sleepover on April 9, 2022.
- Prosecutors said he spent about £250 on food, alcohol and cigarettes, supplied vodka to the girls, then had sex with the 14-year-old and sexually touched the 15-year-old.
- The court imposed a restraining order, a sexual harm prevention order and lifetime sex offender notification requirements.
- Alford denied the crimes and claimed a set-up, while victim statements described severe, lasting trauma, including self-harm and a suicide attempt.