Overview
- The 54-year-old, legally named John Shannon, died on 13 March at HMP Bure in Norfolk, a Prison Service spokesman confirmed.
- No cause of death has been released, and the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman will investigate as per standard procedure.
- Prison staff found him unresponsive in his cell during morning checks, according to multiple reports from UK outlets.
- He was serving an eight-and-a-half-year sentence imposed in January after a jury at St Albans Crown Court convicted him of offences against girls aged 14 and 15.
- The former Grange Hill and London’s Burning actor was held at Category C HMP Bure, which houses men convicted of sexual offences.