Former London’s Burning actor John Alford faces trial over costs of intercourse offences involving a woman aged beneath 16.

The 52-year-old, who rose to fame in Grange Hill, is charged beneath his actual title John Shannon.

Alford, of Holloway, north London, is accused of 4 counts of sexual exercise with a toddler and two regarding a second feminine of sexual assault and assault by penetration.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) mentioned he denied all costs at a plea listening to in September final yr.

There will likely be a pre-trial evaluate listening to on 18 November at St Albans Crown Courtroom, earlier than the trial begins on 2 December on the similar court docket.

It’s estimated to final seven days.

As a youngster, the Glasgow-born actor performed Robbie Wright for 5 years within the BBC drama Grange Hill.

His highest-profile position got here in London’s Burning, a present following the lives of firefighters within the capital working from 1988 till 2002.

Alford performed Billy Ray within the ITV drama from 1993 till 1998.