A Coventry sex predator who repeatedly raped and abused a schoolgirl has died in prison around 15 months after being handed a 17-year sentence.

John Conway, 80, died at HMP Stafford on 2nd October 2026. The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman is investigating his death. No cause has yet been published in its official entry

Conway repeatedly raped and sexually abused a girl known to him between 1978 and 1985, with offences reported in the Boxhall and Moorfields areas of Coventry. Decades later, the survivor came forward and reported what he had done.

When interviewed by police in 2020, Conway denied the offences. He was charged with rape and indecent assault in 2021.

Following a trial at Warwick Crown Court, he was jailed for 17 years in June 2025 and placed on the sex offenders register for life.