Convicted paedophile John Alford, who found fame playing a firefighter in the ITV drama London’s Burning, died aged 54 at HMP Bure near Badersfield on March 13 this year.

The category C prison in north Norfolk houses adult male offenders.

Alford's provisional cause of death was revealed to be ischaemic heart disease, heard at an inquest opening on June 16.

Former London's Burning actor John Alford died in a Norfolk prison (Image: Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire)

The disease stops the heart getting enough oxygen-rich blood because the........

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