Former London’s Burning actor John Alford faces trial over charges of sex offences involving a girl aged under 16.

The 52-year-old, who rose to fame in Grange Hill, is charged under his real name John Shannon.

Alford, of Holloway, north London, is accused of four counts of sexual activity with a child and two relating to a second female of sexual assault and assault by penetration.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said he denied all charges at a plea hearing in September last…