"The 54-year-old was found guilty of four counts of sexual activity with the younger girl, aged 14, and charges of sexual assault and assault by penetration relating to the second teenager, aged 15, at a property in Hertfordshire in 2022. Jurors heard during the trial that the defendant, charged under his real name, John Shannon, sexually assaulted the girls while they were drunk following a night out at the pub."
"The former actor, who appeared in the BBC drama Grange Hill, bought some 250 worth of food, alcohol and cigarettes from a nearby petrol station in the early hours of the morning, including a bottle of vodka which the victims subsequently drank, the court heard previously. Alford then had sexual intercourse with the 14-year-old girl in the garden of the home and later in a downstairs toilet, and inappropriately touched the 15-year-old girl as she lay half asleep on the living room sofa, jurors heard."
John Alford, 54, was convicted of four counts of sexual activity with a 14-year-old and of sexual assault and assault by penetration of a 15-year-old for offences at a Hertfordshire property in 2022. Jurors heard he bought food, alcohol and cigarettes, including a bottle of vodka later consumed by the victims, and that he sexually assaulted the younger girl in the garden and a downstairs toilet and inappropriately touched the older girl on a living-room sofa. A third-party report led to his arrest. He denied the allegations as a setup and cited mental health issues; DNA evidence was absent.
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