02/03/2016 BBC News at Six

Guilty - the former England footballer Adam Johnson is convicted

From star player for club and country - now facing time

in jail - his victim's words read outside court.

He asked me straighaway how old I was, and I told him I just

I now feel used and let down by him.

The judge tells Johnson he's facing time in jail.

We'll have the full background to the case.

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Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.

The former England footballer Adam Johnson

has been found guilty of sexual activity with a child.

The jury at Bradford Crown Court found him not guilty of another

count but the judge said he almost certainly faces a prison sentence.

The case relates to a meeting between 28-year-old Johnson

Our correspondent Ed Thomas has been following the trial for us

George, as that word guilty was read out in court, there was no emotion,

no reaction from Adam Johnson. He stared straight forward. Other, he

told the court that he had -- earlier, he said he had more money

than he knew what to do with. He left the court a child sex attacker.

He was a ?10 million England footballer. And in his own words,

Adam Johnson said he was a rich, arrogant man. Things came easily, he

said. One night, driven by boredom, he was alone with a 15-year-old

girl. He met the girl alone in this car park. A Sunderland fanatic, she

idolised Johnson. To prove that he met her, she recorded their meeting.

Innocent football talk, but what came next was a sexual offence

against a child. What happened in his car has turned my life upside

down. This statement was written by Johnson's 15-year-old victim. I have

lost all my confidence and my schoolwork has suffered. People have

made assumptions about me, and this alone has been hard to deal with. I

have been unable to defend myself publicly. Adam Johnson knew that the

schoolgirl adored him. In one message, he asked, where do you go

out? The child answered, I'm not old enough to go out. Johnson replied,

yeah, but you look old enough. After one meeting, he message, that was

class, just wanted to get your jeans off, love. It was described in court

as classic grooming. When he was arrested, detectives said Johnson

shook with fear. On the 4th of May 2015, Adam Johnson was called in for

a meeting at Sunderland football club. In it, he had omitted kissing

and grooming the child. His suspension was lifted and he was

allowed to play. -- he had admitted. Again and again, the footballer

walked out to represent Sunderland, despite those statements in public.

He denied he had kissed the girl. Every time Adam Johnson went on to

this page, the 15-year-old girl suffered excruciating pain. For a

year, she was called a liar, and that one point she broke down and

told her father she wanted to die. Some supporters feel cheated. At

first, he had done nothing wrong and then lied to the fans. Would you

have supported him if you had known what he did? Know. Would you have

wanted him on your pitch? No. Mr Johnson, you have never apologised

to this 15-year-old girl. Will you do it now? There were no apologies

from Adam Johnson inside court or outside. The millionaire footballer

who thought he could do what he wanted. George, this trial has

exposed a darker side of football. There was an intense focus on what

Sunderland football club knew did not know. We have had a detailed

statement from the club. In that, they revert to that main meeting. A

say that in the meeting Adam Johnson did not indicate he was going to

plead guilty to any charges. The statement goes on to say, if they

had known, they would have sacked Johnson on the spot. As for this

former footballer, he will be back in court to be sentenced. He has

been warned by the judge to expect jail.

Many thanks, Ed. The busiest day in America's

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