adminLONDON. – Paedophile footballer Adam Johnson has lost his legal challenges against his conviction for sexual activity with a 15-year-old fan and his six-year jail sentence.
The former England winger is estimated to have spent £1 million getting back to court and could also face a further £1 million compensation bill from his besotted victim.
Three judges sitting at the Court of Appeal in London on Thursday dismissed his claims that the fact he was a famous footballer counted against him when he was jailed.
Lady Justice Rafferty, Justice Sweeney and judge Julian Goose QC agreed that he had “capitalised upon his celebrity” to abuse the child.
They also rejected his claims that his guilty plea for one offence had not been taken into consideration during his sentencing.
The English Premier League star, who was sacked by Sunderland, launched a legal fight after he was jailed for six years last March for engaging in sexual activity with the besotted teenage fan. – Mailonline.
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