Adam Johnson`

[TightEnd]

Heard on Sky news that the Doctor who got involved in the case had found some of AJ behaviour towards sexual desires very disturbing, he kept the arrest quite for as long as he did cos that way he was still bagging £60k a week from Sunderland, We won the league with a pedo on the wing, hope he rots in Leeds, shit player, obnoxious and shows no feelings of his guilt.

its paedo

and he's not a paedophile, that's for pre-pubescent children

[tikay]

It's such a shame that the tabloid press can't report these things in a sensible manner.

One of the Red Tops had a screaming front page sub-headline today - "he loved sex with teenagers on the bonnet of a car".

I'm guessing a lot of healthy young men would enjoy exactly the same thing.   

[TightEnd]

Football cannot ignore serious issues raised by Adam Johnson case

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2016/03/24/adam-johnson-case-raises-issues-football-cannot-ignore/

[flushthemout]

Still not acceptable in my opinion, beautifully girlfriend, a father and not a care in the world.

[MintTrav]

Bemused by this discussion. He didn't get six years just because of what he did sexually with the girl.

The judge made it crystal clear that he maxed it because Johnson denied what happened for so long, leading to her being bullied live and online and causing her to develop psychological problems. The judge's comments are in all the reports.

[TightEnd]

Still not acceptable in my opinion, beautifully girlfriend, a father and not a care in the world.

no one is saying it is acceptable.

he compounded an offence by subsequent behaviours as per the post above

[tikay]

Still not acceptable in my opinion, beautifully girlfriend, a father and not a care in the world.

Agree, it's "not acceptable", on that we can agree. Whether it warrants 6 years in Prison is another matter.

The lad is, to put it mildly, not terribly bright. That's the root of the problem, imo.

Deserves punishment, yes, but 6 years in prison, his career totally destroyed, & I guess his life is, too, he does not seem the sort of guy who would find a 9-5 job too easy to adopt, even if he can find one.     

[flushthemout]

Good write up by the Telegraph.

[tikay]

Bemused by this discussion. He didn't get six years just because of what he did sexually with the girl.

The judge made it crystal clear that he maxed it because Johnson denied what happened for so long, leading to her being bullied live and online and causing her to develop psychological problems. The judge's comments are in all the reports.

That's fair comment, yes, but again, he's just not a very bright lad, so he made some terrible decisions.   

[flushthemout]

With the British Justice system he will be out in 3 years and unemployable.

[Woodsey]

Can't help think he looks like Pete Linton every time I see his pic lol

[Doobs]

Bemused by this discussion. He didn't get six years just because of what he did sexually with the girl.

The judge made it crystal clear that he maxed it because Johnson denied what happened for so long, leading to her being bullied live and online and causing her to develop psychological problems. The judge's comments are in all the reports.

Didn't he plead guilty to 2 offences and deny 2 others.  He was found not guilty of one of the offences he denied.  We can speculate, but that was the jury's decision.  I haven't seen any of the comments on social media, but what proportion related to the offence he was found not guilty of?  Should he have pleaded guilty to avoid that?

I know the results of his actions, but he us been held responsible for the actions of others.  In the Ched Evans case, it seemed clear that he was connected to a website, which at least for some while, encouraged the actions of others.  In this case, Johnson seemed to have little to do with it, other than making a decision to plead not guilty.

[Ironside]

Doobs he plenty not guilty to all charges for months and only changed plea in 2 cases the day trial started

[MintTrav]

Bemused by this discussion. He didn't get six years just because of what he did sexually with the girl.

The judge made it crystal clear that he maxed it because Johnson denied what happened for so long, leading to her being bullied live and online and causing her to develop psychological problems. The judge's comments are in all the reports.

Didn't he plead guilty to 2 offences and deny 2 others.  He was found not guilty of one of the offences he denied.  We can speculate, but that was the jury's decision.  I haven't seen any of the comments on social media, but what proportion related to the offence he was found not guilty of?  Should he have pleaded guilty to avoid that?

I know the results of his actions, but he us been held responsible for the actions of others.  In the Ched Evans case, it seemed clear that he was connected to a website, which at least for some while, encouraged the actions of others.  In this case, Johnson seemed to have little to do with it, other than making a decision to plead not guilty.

He denied everything for a long time, over a year. On the first day of the trial, he changed his position on two of the charges and pleaded guilty in a tactic designed to try to get off on the other two and get a light sentence. The judge was referring to the long period when he denied everything. Althoigh you present all four charges as if they were equally bad, the two that he pleaded guilty to were the least serious, ie grooming and kissing her. The other charges, one of which he was found guilty of, were much more serious, and he denied them to the end.

Regarding him having nothing to do with the online bullying, close friends of his are known to have done so and his sister runs a site of 5,000 members which has been used for that purpose.

[Doobs]

Bemused by this discussion. He didn't get six years just because of what he did sexually with the girl.

The judge made it crystal clear that he maxed it because Johnson denied what happened for so long, leading to her being bullied live and online and causing her to develop psychological problems. The judge's comments are in all the reports.

Didn't he plead guilty to 2 offences and deny 2 others.  He was found not guilty of one of the offences he denied.  We can speculate, but that was the jury's decision.  I haven't seen any of the comments on social media, but what proportion related to the offence he was found not guilty of?  Should he have pleaded guilty to avoid that?

I know the results of his actions, but he us been held responsible for the actions of others.  In the Ched Evans case, it seemed clear that he was connected to a website, which at least for some while, encouraged the actions of others.  In this case, Johnson seemed to have little to do with it, other than making a decision to plead not guilty.

He denied everything for a long time, over a year. On the first day of the trial, he changed his position on two of the charges and pleaded guilty in a tactic designed to try to get off on the other two and get a light sentence. The judge was referring to the long period when he denied everything. Althoigh you present all four charges as if they were equally bad, the two that he pleaded guilty to were the least serious, ie grooming and kissing her. The other charges, one of which he was found guilty of, were much more serious, and he denied them to the end.

Regarding him having nothing to do with the online bullying, close friends of his are known to have done so and his sister runs a site of 5,000 members which has been used for that purpose.

Sorry, bad memory on the time of the guilty charges.   Of course you are right. 

As I said, I had no knowledge of who had been doing the bullying as I had seen none of it.  It is proper douchebaggery to do this through your friends/relatives.  Should drag them through the court and give them some jailtime too.

Fair point by the judge then. 

I would add that the charge he was found guilty of appeared less serious than the not guilty one, so even if he had pleaded guilty to the other 3, wouldnt the online bullying have been similar?