Adam Johnson Found Guilty of Child Sex Charge
From the Deck to the Dock: Disgraced PEDO Adam Johnson is Pictured Partying on a Yacht with a Danish Model in Dubai..
-Just DAYS Before Appearing in Court for Child Sex Case
- Johnson pictured holding on yacht with model Julie Hall in May last year
- On a stag do at five-star resort with Sunderland teammate Steven Fletcher
- Girlfriend Stacey Flounders was 5,000 miles away on the bride's hen do
- He appeared at Durham Crown Court on sex offence charge two days later
Daily Mail UK, 4 March 2016
Disgraced footballer Adam Johnson was seen partying with a Danish model on a yacht in Dubai just two days before he appeared in court on child sex charges, it has emerged.
Johnson, who was found guilty of sexual activity with a 15-year-old this week, was pictured on the yacht with bikini-clad model Julie Hall while on the yacht.
The picture, along with another of the pair in a nightclub, was taken while Johnson was on a stag do with teammate Steven Fletcher at the five-star resort.
His partner, Stacey Flounders, was 5,000 miles away at the time - on the bride-to-be's hen do.
Johnson, who was found guilty of sexual activity with a 15-year-old this week, was seen on a yacht with bikini-clad model Julie Hall
He partied in Dubai with the model, and they were also pictured in a club together during a trip to Dubai
The photos of Johnson with the model were taken just five months after girlfriend Stacey Flounders had had his baby.
She with on Rachel Monaghann, Fletcher's then fiancee, on a hen-do in Marbella the time. The wags spent time in the Spanish resort, where they were pictured next to a pool, in May last year.
Two days later, Johnson appeared for the first time at Durham Crown Court for child sex offences.
Miss Flounders did not accompany him to the hearing - despite being there for later appearances - and it later emerged she was becoming suspicious that he was seeing other women.
She told his trial at Bradford Crown Court that she had become feared that he was being unfaithful from the summer of 2014.
Johnson was reportedly dumped by his previous girlfriend, Sophie Reade, after he bid £12,000 for a date with model Katie Price in a charity auction
Ms Reade later told The Daily Star: 'He humiliated me in front of hundreds of people. There is no way he can get away with that.
'If he wanted to raise money for charity then he should have run a marathon.'
Johnson was pictured drinking beers next to a pool on the trip, while his victim anxiously awaited the trial
While the stag-do partied in Dubai, Johnson's girlfriend Stacey Flounders was with Fletcher's bride-to-be Rachel Monaghan for a hen-do in Marbella
Johnson is now preparing for prison life after a jury found him guilty of sexually touching a schoolgirl Sunderland fan he groomed online.
Judge Jonathan Rose left the disgraced footballer in little doubt about the punishment that awaits him when he returns to court in two weeks to be sentenced for grooming and two counts of sexual activity with a 15-year-old girl.
The judge told him: 'You must understand that when you return here at the end of March you will receive a substantial prison sentence.'
The court heard how he exchanged thousands of sleazy messages with the young girl, and set up private Whatsapp and Snapchat accounts so he could contact her without his girlfriend finding out.
Miss Flounders, who backed him during the trial, showed no emotion as the verdicts were returned after the jury spent more than nine hours deliberating.
Johnson and the model parted ways when he returned to England. Two days after his return, he appeared at Durham Crown Court for child sex offences for the first time (pictured outside)
The picture was taken while he was on a stag do with teammate Steven Fletcher at the esort, while his partner was 5,000 miles away. Fletcher later pulled out of giving evidence for the defence at Johnson's trial
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TIMELINE OF EVENTS: ADAM JOHNSON CONTINUED PLAYING FOR SUNDERLAND AFTER HE CLAIMS HE TOLD THEM HE GROOMED SCHOOLGIRL
December 2014 - Johnson and girl start exchanging messages online. She tells him she has only just turned 15.
17 January 2015 - Johnson's first meeting with the girl where he signs two football shirts for her.
30 January - Johnson meets girl for a second time. He says they kissed, she alleges more serious sexual activity took place.
31 January - Girls tells friends about her meeting with Johnson.
25 February - Girl hoped to meet Johnson but he pulls out saying he can't leave home. Girls tells parents about their meetings.
26 February - Girl and her mother go to police.
2 March - Johnson is arrested at his home in Castle Eden, County Durham on suspicion of having sexual activity with a 15-year-old girl. Player is suspended from playing pending the outcome of a police investigation.
Johnson arrives at Peterlee Police station in County Durham on April 23, 2015
18 March - His bail is extended and his suspension from playing for his club is lifted.
21 March - Plays his first game for his club since his arrest
4 May - Johnson, his lawyer and his father hold meeting with the club telling them that he has confessed to messaging the 15-year-old and kissing her. He continues to be allowed to play.
18 May - Johnson's solicitors tell magistrates he intends to deny the three counts of sexual activity and the count of grooming. No formal pleas are entered.
24 May - Sunderland avoid relegation and Johnson heads off on stag-do to Dubai.
3 June - Johnson formally pleads not guilty to three counts of sexual activity with a child and another count of grooming at Durham Crown Court.
3 August 2015 - At a preliminary hearing, Johnson's trial is pushed back to February 2016.
6 February 2016 - Johnson plays his final game for Sunderland, scoring and throwing his shirt into the crowd.
10 February - Johnson pleads guilty to one count of sexual activity with a child and one count of grooming.
11 February - Sunderland sack Johnson.
12 February - Player's trial begins.
3 March - The jury at Bradford Crown Court UK found Johnson guilty
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UPDATE:
Pervert Footballer Adam Johnson 'To Be Removed From FIFA 16 as Soon as Possible' by Computer Game's Designers
- EA Sports had said due to 'technical difficulties' he couldn't be deleted
- But following a backlash from fans the video game creators made a U-turn
- A spokesman said they were 'working to remove' him from the game
- Johnson, 28, faces a jail term after sexual activity with a 15-year-old girl
Disgraced footballer Adam Johnson is set to be removed from FIFA 16 after he convicted of sexual activity with a 15-year-old girl.
EA Sports had previously said that due to 'technical difficulties' the paedophile could not be deleted from the game which came out in September last year.
But following a backlash from fans, the Canadian video game creators seem to have made a U-turn.
Disgraced footballer Adam Johnson is set to be removed from FIFA 16 after he convicted of sexual activity with a 15-year-old girl
Johnson cuts a lonely figure in the back of his car yesterday as he waits to be driven to his £1.8million mansion. He faces jail for his crimes
Johnson is led away from court by a friend last night. His father Dave, who has attended every day of the trial, is seen in the background holding onto a television news reporter
A spokesman for EA Sports this afternoon told the BBC: ‘Adam Johnson has been removed from the Active Rosters of both Sunderland and England in FIFA 16.
‘We’re working to remove him from other modes within the game as soon as possible.’
Former Sunderland and Manchester City winger Johnson, 28, also admitted another count of sexual activity and one count of grooming. He was found not guilty on a charge relating to another sexual act.
Today he was preparing for life behind bars after the trial ended this week.
Judge Jonathan Rose left the disgraced footballer in little doubt about the punishment that awaits him when he returns to court in two weeks' time to be sentenced at Bradford Crown Court.
The judge told him: 'You must understand that when you return here at the end of March you will receive a substantial prison sentence.'
Adam Johnson shook his head in the dock yesterday and gasps went up from the public gallery as he was found guilty of one charge and cleared on another.
Johnson's ex-girlfriend Stacey Flounders, who backed him during the trial, showed no emotion as the verdicts were returned after the jury spent more than nine hours deliberating.
Johnson's denial of the charge meant the young victim was put through two gruelling days of cross-examination last month, during which she regularly broke down in tears.
In a emotional statement released after the verdicts, Johnson's young victim said the build-up to the trial has been 'the hardest year of my life'.
She said: 'I've had to face so much abuse after he claimed his innocence. I was made out to be a liar, if anything, I held things back because I didn't want all of this to come out.
'What happened in his car has turned my life upside down. I have lost all of my confidence. My school work has suffered.
'There are people out there who have made assumptions about me and that alone has been hard to deal with. I have been unable to defend myself publicly.
'The gossip on social media and hearing all of the horrible names that people have been calling me has been devastating to me, my friends and my family... I've been in some very dark places.'
After the jury gave their verdicts this afternoon, Judge Rose said his preliminary view was that the case falls into the category of a prison sentence between four and 10 years.
Johnson was bailed until he is sentenced in two to three weeks time. The judge ordered he be under a curfew from 7pm until 7am.
Explaining his bail conditions, the judge said Johnson would be 'well advised to stay well away from social media'.
The former England winger's career now lies in tatters and his former club Sunderland face questions over why he continued playing for them for months after he had admitted grooming the girl in a police interview.
Pictured is Adam Johnson in FIFA 16. Creators of the game are 'working to remove' him completely
At the moment, Adam Johnson is available to be selected by gamers for Sunderland and England
EA Sports had previously said that due to 'technical difficulties' the paedophile could not be deleted from the game which came out in September last year. Pictured is the front cover of FIFA 16 featuring Lionel Messi
Adam Johnson and his sister Faye leave court yesterday after the jury found him guilty of one of two counts of sexual activity with a child
In a statement issued after the case, Sunderland FC said it 'refuted' any suggestion the club knew that Johnson was intending to plead guilty to two charges. The club also insisted it was not involved in tactical discussions about the timings of his pleas.
'Had the club known that Mr Johnson intended to plead guilty to any of these charges, then his employment would have been terminated immediately,' the statement said.
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WHAT SENTENCE IS JOHNSON LIKELY TO GET?
The offence of sexual activity with a child has a maximum sentence of 14 years.
However, that is for the most serious type of offences involving very young children.
Judge Jonathan Rose said that, in this case, his preliminary view was that the case falls into the category of between four and 10 years.
The fact that Johnson did not plead guilty at the first opportunity will mean he is not entitled to an automatic reduction to his sentence.
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It was revealed after the trial that Johnson was scolded by the judge during his trial for 'discourteous behaviour' after he was seen joking with a security guard who sat next to him in the dock.
At the end of the second week of his trial, he was overheard saying to a friend:
'I hope this is finished by Friday. It's a bit boring now.'
Speaking after the jury's verdicts - he was found guilty of touching the girl by majority verdict -
Det Insp Aelfwynn Sampson, of Durham Constabulary, said:
'Adam Johnson was a Premiership footballer, an England International.
'He was living most schoolboys' dreams of playing professional football for his hometown club.
'However, Johnson exploited his position as a local hero to take advantage of a young and impressionable girl. This was not a case where he didn't know how old a girl was. From the start of their contact, he knew full well that she had just turned 15 and yet this did not stop him.
'The law is clear. The legal age of consent is set at 16 to protect young people. He no doubt thought that he would get away it, but this demonstrates that no one is above the law.
'We would like to thank the victim for her courage in coming forward and her family for supporting her through this incredibly difficult time over the 12 months it has taken to reach this conclusion.'
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'I'VE BEEN IN SOME VERY DARK PLACES': FULL STATEMENT IN WHICH VICTIM DESCRIBES THE 'WORST YEAR OF HER LIFE' AS SHE WAS GROOMED FOR SEX BY JOHNSON THEN ABUSED BY TROLLS ONLINE FOR REPORTING HIM
In a statement released through the police, the victim said:
'From the very beginning of all of this I always doubted that people would believe me. I was talking to Adam Johnson, it was surreal for me.
He was my favourite football player for Sunderland, a club I was a massive supporter of. As a Sunderland fan I absolutely idolised Adam.
The victim had to watch Johnson worshipped by football crowds while she was branded 'a liar, a slut and a slag'
He was my hero. I attended the home games whenever I could. It was something I looked forward to.
When Adam messaged me I was in shock and disbelief. I didn't even believe it was Adam at first. He had to prove to me that it was him because it was that surreal.
He offered me a match-worn signed shirt so I was obviously over the moon. He asked me straight away how old I was and I said '15' because I didn't see it as a problem as I was only getting a signed shirt.
In fact, I told him that I had only just turned 15. I was overwhelmed by all of this. This was my favourite player and he was texting me.
I felt used and let down by him. It's been the hardest year of my life and I've had to face so much abuse after he claimed his innocence. I was made out to be a liar, if anything, I held things back because I didn't want all of this to come out.
What happened in his car has turned my life upside down. I have lost all of my confidence. My school work has suffered.
There are people out there who have made assumptions about me and that alone has been hard to deal with. I have been unable to defend myself publically.
The gossip on social media and hearing all of the horrible names that people have been calling me has been devastating to me, my friends and my family. People were lying about me and what I had said.
They don't understand the impact their words can have on someone. Him being found guilty, shows everyone I was telling the truth.
I hope people can see that everything is not always as it first seems and opinions should only be based on facts and not on rumours.
The last 12 months have been horrendous and there have been times when I've wanted to hide away from the world. There have been times I haven't felt able to face people.
There have been times when I've tried not to show people how upset I am, but sometimes it hasn't been possible and I'd just cry.
I've felt so broken.
I've been in some very dark places over that time and I thought the trial and giving evidence, having my say, would give me closure. But it didn't. It put me back into the same dark places and I felt worse than I've ever felt before. This was because I still didn't feel believed.
I feel sad for Stacey and what she has been through. I hope Adam realises the hurt and damage he has caused. I now want to put this awful experience behind me and begin to rebuild my life. I hope I can move on from this and look to the future.'
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