{"id":102582,"date":"2021-03-31T22:09:14","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T05:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theaegisalliance.com\/?p=102582"},"modified":"2026-09-01T05:23:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T12:23:46","slug":"child-molester-chokes-to-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theaegisalliance.com\/it\/2021\/03\/31\/bambino-molester-choks-a-morte\/","title":{"rendered":"UK Child Molester and Former Boarding-School Teacher John McKno Choked to Death on Prison Breakfast While Serving 14 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_102867\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-102867\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-102867\" src=\"https:\/\/theaegisalliance.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Child-molester-chokes-to-death-on-prison-food.jpg\" alt=\"Mugshots of John McKno, the former boarding-school teacher who died at HMP Norwich\" width=\"1000\" height=\"500\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-102867\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John McKno. One of his victims told the BBC the abuser belonged to a larger ring that sexually assaulted pupils.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>NORWICH, ENGLAND \u2014<\/strong> John McKno, 74, was a boarding-school maths teacher who sexually abused five boys at schools in Suffolk, Devon, and Worcestershire in the 1970s and 1980s. In 2016 a court gave him 14 years for gross indecency, indecent assault, and serious sexual assaults. On September 29, 2020, five years into that sentence, he choked on breakfast on a wing at HMP Norwich and died of cardiac failure. Norfolk Coroners&#8217; Court heard the inquest in March 2021. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/uk-england-56563175\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The BBC<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2021\/04\/01\/paedophile-teacher-74-dies-after-choking-on-breakfast-in-prison-14339988\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Metro<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/2021\/03\/31\/child-molester-chokes-to-death-on-prison-food\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Daily News<\/a> printed the finding.<\/p>\n<p>A 51-year-old man who was among McKno&#8217;s victims between 1975 and 1980 told the BBC his abuser belonged to a larger ring that sexually assaulted pupils. That is the sentence that should have been the story in 2016, not a choking death in 2020. Boarding-school abuse in England is a pattern, not an anecdote. The inquest recorded how he died. It did not reopen how many boys never saw a courtroom.<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_20307\"  width=\"480\" height=\"270\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"270\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uq67i5Hep_U?enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/theaegisalliance.com&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\" ><img decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"  alt=\"AEM #55 Dino Nocivelli - UK Lawyer : Child Sexual Abuse, IICSA, Jimmy Saville, Boarding Schools\"  src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/uq67i5Hep_U\/maxresdefault.jpg\"  \/><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewBox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"><\/path><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The AEGIS Alliance will not eulogize a convicted child molester. We will note that he died in custody of a banal accident while serving a sentence that still left decades of victims without a full accounting. Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/theaegisalliance.com\/2021\/07\/26\/uk-mom-killed-pedophile\/\">Sarah Sands and the killing of Michael Pleasted<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/theaegisalliance.com\/2019\/10\/14\/uk-worst-pedophiles-stabbed-death-prison\/\">UK prison stabbings of convicted pedophiles<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/theaegisalliance.com\/2019\/11\/08\/baby-abuser-pedophile-commits-suicide-uk-prison\/\">the UK prison suicide of a baby abuser<\/a>, and more <a href=\"https:\/\/theaegisalliance.com\/category\/news\/crime-news\/\">Crime News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former boarding-school maths teacher John McKno, 74, was serving 14 years for sexually abusing five boys. He choked to death on breakfast at HMP Norwich. 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